Any experience with the Pass Labs Aleph 5???

We have used these for many years for our demos at CES.They sound great and clearly much better than the Aragon which definitely sounds good itself. The Pass amps seem to combine a lot of the liquidy musical aspects of tubes with balls and of course are much more real world.

until someone gives me live music at home on demand the Aleph 5 will suffice. Unless you need 250 + Watts this should do it.

Goodluck

One of the best amps I had, especially in the midrange. I had it paired with an Aleph P & it was magical on female vocals & jazz. It didn't work like I wanted it to on rock so I sold it, but for anything else it's hard to beat.

As far as the cicuit topology goes, check out this link:
http://www.passlabs.com/pdf/aleph/a5man.pdf

This is the owner's manual which gives you a lot of info.

If you need to contact somebody at Pass, check this out:
http://www.passlabs.com/email.htm

Peter Perkins could help you with additional info.

The Aleph 5 is a wonderful amp, but it may not have enough power to fully drive your Sony speakers. I use the Sonys in my bedroom system and I consider them a very good speaker and one of the hidden treasures of high end audio, but they like power (100w and up). In a small to mid-sized room with the volume kept below 90dB, the Aleph/Sony combo could sound quite good.

I just order the Volksamp (Pass) Aleph 30 amplifer which is the updated version of the Aleph 5. The ergonomics are much nicer and there is supposedly some improvement in sound. The Aleph amps are of course no longer produced. You can buy the Volksamp new at discount from Audio Video Logic in Iowa. They purchased the remaining units from Pass earlier this year. I have not heard this amp yet but I am very intrigued based on numerous comments and the price was very good. Here's a glowing review of the Aleph 30 from Enjoy the music.com.

The Volksamp/Pass moniker can be confusing. The amp was always produced by Pass, but Volksamp purchased the rights to it when Pass stopped producing them under the Pass label. They were then labeled as Volksamp, but some people were still confused so they put the Pass label back on. Whichever one you get, they are all the same infamous Aleph amps. From the looks of the Aleph 5 I have no idea how you could even pick it up without doing some damage to your hands! My understanding is that the Aleph amps are hard to come by second hand.