Pass Labs amplifiers...


What are your opinions of the legacy Aleph series vs. the newer X series, granted that the X series offer more power.
blueswan
Personally I am not that mad about SS, but I use Pass Aleph 0 monos with my Horn speakers and when they do something wrong, plese tell me, never found something...

I am very impressed from that design, they are crystal clear, not dead analytical like so much others, very fast ...... they are RIGHT.
( Rayhall described very well )

A former owner told me, he sold these to replace them with X250, later with X350, he never got the former satisfaction, sold both now and looks for a Pair of 0's again, he always missed the 'wholeness' of the Aleph's .....

I think, with a matched speaker ( output of Aleph ) there is a very good chance for sonic satisfaction .....
( There is much worse out there ....And, I never had one thought about selling them, these will stay ! )
I am an Aleph 0 owner. All I wish to say is that the amp is really wonderful and I have no plan to change it to the X series. In my personal opinion, its purity, warmth, detail and good hi frequency performance are something hard to find in other models. Given its current price in the secondary market, it is surely a good buy.
I've seen pairs of Aleph 2 monos in the market for under $3k several times in the past year or so, and couldn't believe that they weren't snapped up right away. I'll never sell mine: they're suspended from the basement joists under the Parsifal Encores, sending their mellifluous notes up through ribbons of SPM. Aaaaahhhh....