Pass X-250.5 or McIntosh MC402?

Well said Mitch and I wish you the best! I've been there myself. The forums can be fun to partake in but at some point we must "get a hold of ourselves", I believe the hobby can be more enjoyable at that point.

Brian

I'm going for my personal record within the past 5 years....no changes for a year....will be in Feb 2008.
Well, except an addition of a turntable...but I don't consider it a change...it's an addition
:)

I've been buying tons of new music and attending live events instead of blowing $ on components lately.

At times, in the process, we get so sucked in in changing components that we forget the purpose, which is to enjoy the music. We don't even let the components and cable break in and settle before we already start browsing the classifieds here.

Be strong Mitch. :)
If you like the way the rig sounds, leave it alone. The grass MAY be greener on the other side, but to find out if it is, sometimes it gets costly and doesn't necessarily have the desired outcome. Synergy is the key, but the downside is that it is easier disturbed than achieved.

Interesting that you seem to be just generally dissatisfied for some unknown reason, just a lack of pleasure. I tried a lot of ss amps looking for the pleasure I found from my tube amps without the heat. None came close, including the x250, until my MC402. Now I am COMPLETELY SATISFIED. Wierd, eh? Feels wierd to me not to want to upgrade something... My system now is ARC Ref3, Mac MC402, Quad US Monitors (or Thiel 2.3's), VPI Scout,Skala, Minimax phono, and Marantz SA11S1.
My point is, the MC402 gave me much more satisfaction than any other amps I have heard.

Interesting that you seem to be just generally dissatisfied for some unknown reason, just a lack of pleasure

Don't get me wrong, if you are referring to Mmitch7711, I am not dissatisfied with my system at all, I was merely trying to protray that sometimes I (we) can get caught up in the thread traffic of how someone reaped huge benefits and be bitten by the bug. I will speak for myself on this one because I have changed components way too much in the past three years. I finally have a setup that is simply marvelous, however I received an e-mail from someone who used to operate the Mc-501, however has since changed to the Pass Labs and he thinks they are way above the Mac. With that said, I immediately wondered how the Pass would sound in my system. However upon reading this thread and taking sensible advice from others I have decided to take a chill pill. I know I am not in this alone, however I have made up my mind to "Slow Down", and enjoy what I have. If you look at my system, I feel I am blessed. That's all I was saying.

Thanks
Mitch

I have 804s with a krell ksa 100 with out the s the pure class
a version the krell runs them wonderfully with ease, I would also highly recommend a BAT VK-500 with bat pack. And if I were to chose between pass or mac it would defiantly be pass.