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5 Reviews
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There is something utterly beguiling about amplification that is this well executed, which I think has to do with the natural rightness of how it sounds, not just to obsessive audiophiles, but to people in general. When dynamics are virtually true to life...
Spectacular build quality, Engineering is second to none, Soundstaging, image quality, timbre and smoothness are world class, Plenty of power for almost all applications, Over delivers on almost every specification of consequence
I wish I could afford it, A little more power to match my musical taste (but Pass has the XA60.8 for that)
The Pass Labs XA30.8 is a very expensive amplifier. It does not have a lot of power output, although it does have a lot more power on tap than the 30 W per channel specification would suggest. But it's one of the best amplifiers I have ever heard. Certain...
The sound quality of the XA30.8 provides an ethereal music listening experience. You can sit for hours enjoying the tubelike, highly detailed musical nature of the XA30.8 with virtually no listening fatigue. Your butt will get tired from sitting before yo
If the XA30.8 has a performance weakness, it has more finesse than sheer oomph. While it provides more than the XA30.5, if you lust for the "slam" contained in audio soundtracks of movie scores, you will not find it here to the degree that you will with a
After spending over six months with the Pass Labs XA30.8 Class A stereo amplifier, I wonder, "Will I ever again purchase another two-channel amplifier?" There is no doubt the XA30.8 comes with several notable drawbacks, but few are performance related--an...
CODAIt takes a while to ferret out the heart of this amplifier. Not just because it takes time to warm up from a cold start. Much more than that you need to play a very wide variety of music to get to the truth. It is kind ‘a like a shadow you see far off...
Published: 2015-02-26, Author: Jack , review by: dagogo.com
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