Who did hear the new Pass Labs .8 series amps?

Interesting reviews thus far! Keep 'em comin!

Pass Labs said that there are not reviews about the new .8 series comming soon. So people who bought them, just let us know....

Cal: I would be interested in a bit more detailed description of your experiences concluding that the XA30.5, and now XA60.8, "do everything better" (save for bass) than your former X250.5.

Peterayer: Really interesting and informative post. Nice job.

Whitecap.

On the XA 30.5 vocals (and tonality in general) were much more natural, with better instrument placement and a more 3-dimensional soundstage. This was true whether I was listening to Kanye West or Sonny Rollins. The 250.5 had a bit of harshness that really stood out on the Thiels (as would be expected, and as I was warned by Pass), but had very slightly better bass control. That room was a bit of a mess on the bass though (old wood floors floating over a crawl space in a weirdly shaped dining/living room combo), so perhaps I couldn't hear as much improvement in that area as there actually was. Also, just for clarity, I've never heard the XA60.5s (or.8s). Ohh, and I did have both Pass amps at the same time, so my decision was based on A/Bing.

I owned XA30.5, 60.5 and 100.5, now I have the X-250.5. When I bought the Purist Audio limited edition ( latest version) The X-250.5 went to a new level. All harshness was gone and I got a superior articulation of voices compared to XA100.5 with XP-20 and Purist Aqueous. I also liked the higher freq of the X-250.5 over the XA-100.5. These expensive powercables give you superior quality out of your amps. That is why I will go for the 350.8. Also of the 72 caps it uses like the 160.8/200.8 and 600.8. I will go for the extra speed and drive. I have done thousends of tests with cables in 16 years of time. Powercables have a huge influence on poweramps. What I noticed is that with simple powercabels you cannot get all the quality it has out of it. Even if you buy amps ( for Pass Labs also) 2 times the costs compared to the other amp powercables make a huge difference what will become the level you can get out of your amp.