BAT VK-600 vs Pass XA100.5

"The Joule LA450 seems very interesting, but without a home demo, I am unlikely to take the plunge. "

Hello Rtn1,

When I was buying my LA-300 (to match Spectrons and Watt/Puppy 8) I been told by Simon Thacher that I have 30 days money back guarantee minus shipping and some re-stocking fees.

I fall in love with this combo and live immensely HAPPY!!!

I believe both Spectron and Joule-Electra are committed to constant improvments (I already upgraded my LA-300 once) but with speakers I had to order new generation (Sasha) no upgrade and with good $$$ (Im waitin' still but I know its worth it).

At anyway, you could have the home demo of LA-450 but REX is more then excellent preamp as well considering its relatively high output impedance. Enjoy!

Mike

Hi Mike, I inquired about arranging a demo for the LA-450. At this time, it does not seem possible without buying the unit. There are no extra LA-450s out there. Judd makes one to order, and it seems that dealers don't want to be stuck with an expensive piece they may not move for some time.

I also really like the build quality of the Rex, the digital volume indicator, and the remote control.

I am late to this party but I have a LAP 150 MKII just upgraded to Signature edition. I received my preamp back in August so I now have it broken in. The upgrade added a lot of needed bass as well as overall better performance. My Savoys have 4 12" woofers per speaker and I can feel the difference with the upgrade. Jug did tune the impedance to match my Spectron amps. I am not sure what made the difference but I am quite happy with results. I am surprised you do not have bass from your LA 150SE preamp. I know of 2 things which also helped my bass were Elrod power cords and short Spectron Remote Sense Signature speaker cables. This all added up to better bass. I have not tried either amp but Pass was on my list so I can’t help you there.