Sorry man, but that DK doesn't come close the the quality of any Pass amp. If you're talking about the one Stereophile reviewed, that's a product of numerous dubious design choices. The XA25 is a vastly superior product.
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The X250 isn’t even a class A amp. It’s a high bias class AB amp with a single ended bias of 20 watts. Contrast that with the XA25 with it’s 50 watt class A envelope. That’s a plenty of amp for most people. https://www.passdiy.com/project/articles/leaving-class-a |
Macguy said his meter indicates the amplifier remains in "class A operation". So the first 20 watts of the x250 is bias in class A (bias set at 0.8 for this model per the Nelson Pass article). At his listening levels the Vandersteen speakers aren’t demanding of more than these first 20 watts. I suspect that very often not more than a few watts are utilized at easonable listening levels. Charles |
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