Pass Labs works a lot better in the XLR mode. I did not expect to be so positive about the X250.5.
But I need to be honest that without the Purist Limited Edition 2013 version I would have had other thoughts.
I started testing powercables in 2002. Mannn they can make a huge improvement. I did many blind tests.
What I said many times: It is a lot easier to get a higher endresult with a poweramp of 4000 dollar with a powercable like purist of 4000 dollar compared to a poweramp of 8000 dollar with a powercable of 100 dollar.
People believed it after a blind rest. That is why hearing is believing. Audio is about proof. So this is the way I sell audio.
You need to understand another important part about the properties Pass Labs owns.
The biggest mistake ( I hate this a lot, at shows when I hear it you are all mine. And I will explain why it is wrong) is using cables which are not able to give a small and intimate individual focus.
The X.5 and XA.5 series give a wide and deep stage.
But......their limitation is that the stage within the wide and deep stage is not sharp and small enough as it should be.
I had many discussions about this with Pass Labs. When there is a demo with Pass Labs with cables like MIT and Shunyata ( properties of these cables are; a wide and deep stage but not a sharp and realistic proportion of instruments and voices)
What you get is even with a recoding of just a voice and 1 or 2 instruments it will be out of proportion. At shows I asked the people ( I would suggest to go listen to acoustic instrumensts in real) if the people who are singing have a water head. Sometimes the singer has a head of over 3 metres. Then I am so f..... irritated that I have the drive to correct these stuppid people.
These kind of people I would love to get out of this business. Because they are also responsible for the low level at shows.
So you need cables which give a small and realistic proportion of instruments.
I give you a few who do this as it should be:
- Audioquest
- Kimber
- Taralabs
- Transparent
- Purist Audio
But I need to be honest that without the Purist Limited Edition 2013 version I would have had other thoughts.
I started testing powercables in 2002. Mannn they can make a huge improvement. I did many blind tests.
What I said many times: It is a lot easier to get a higher endresult with a poweramp of 4000 dollar with a powercable like purist of 4000 dollar compared to a poweramp of 8000 dollar with a powercable of 100 dollar.
People believed it after a blind rest. That is why hearing is believing. Audio is about proof. So this is the way I sell audio.
You need to understand another important part about the properties Pass Labs owns.
The biggest mistake ( I hate this a lot, at shows when I hear it you are all mine. And I will explain why it is wrong) is using cables which are not able to give a small and intimate individual focus.
The X.5 and XA.5 series give a wide and deep stage.
But......their limitation is that the stage within the wide and deep stage is not sharp and small enough as it should be.
I had many discussions about this with Pass Labs. When there is a demo with Pass Labs with cables like MIT and Shunyata ( properties of these cables are; a wide and deep stage but not a sharp and realistic proportion of instruments and voices)
What you get is even with a recoding of just a voice and 1 or 2 instruments it will be out of proportion. At shows I asked the people ( I would suggest to go listen to acoustic instrumensts in real) if the people who are singing have a water head. Sometimes the singer has a head of over 3 metres. Then I am so f..... irritated that I have the drive to correct these stuppid people.
These kind of people I would love to get out of this business. Because they are also responsible for the low level at shows.
So you need cables which give a small and realistic proportion of instruments.
I give you a few who do this as it should be:
- Audioquest
- Kimber
- Taralabs
- Transparent
- Purist Audio