My last pre-amp, Rowland Capri or Ayre K5xe ?

Dear Roscoeiii, The thing that really bothers me about the Pass X2.5, is that the volume settings are too coarse. A lot of the time the volume is too loud or too quiet.

Very happy with the Capri, which replaced an ARC LS25mkll. The volume control is great. Great value too, and if you want analog the phono card is also a great value.

I will second the Klyne recommendation;Stan is one of the best at what he does and a great guy to have a conversation with as well.

Cirrus,
If you would like to discuss the Capri in detail, give me an email outside the thread, I own one.

Greg

I have a Pass X2.5 and what I don't like is the silly hierarchical menu structure, which shows no evidence of the designer having even a rudimentary understanding of how people use preamps. Also, the display is too small. I also have the Ayre and I hate those silly icons. I used to have a Rowland Consonance, which I did not like for all sorts of reasons. They say the Capri is better, though.