Nelson Pass Interview from TAS and review

[heiney9]

For those that are interested this an interview with Nelson Pass by Robert Harley as contained in the latest issue of TAS.

A very interesting article about where amplifier design has been and where it's gone. Sort of a history lesson.

Plus a review of the Pass XP20 pre-amp and Pass XA160.5 class A mono block amps.

A facsinating read for an audiophile.

http://passlabs.com/pdf/reviews/TAS_xa160.5_xp20_eprint.pdf

Enjoy!

H9

[tom t]

thats great because im saving now for a pass amp. just a few more months and ill have enough to lug one of those big boys home.

[Lasareath]

H9,

I bought a GFP-750 tonight :)

Las

[megasat16]

Thanks H9! It's a Great Read!

[pearsall001]

Great article. Thanks for passing that along H9.

[Ricardo]

Good read. This probably has a lot to do with his success:

"We pay close attention to measurements, but they take a back seat to listening, and there are quite a few examples of amplifier variations that measured well but didn't get past the listeners"

I am thankful that those "listeners" like what they like.

[thsmith]

H9,

I bought a GFP-750 tonight :)

Las

Me too, I hope we were not competing with each other on ebay

[heiney9]

Good read. This probably has a lot to do with his success:

"We pay close attention to measurements, but they take a back seat to listening, and there are quite a few examples of amplifier variations that measured well but didn't get past the listeners"

I am thankful that those "listeners" like what they like.

I agree 100%!!!!

[GV#27]

Thanks H9.;)

[comfortablycurt]

I read this a while back...very interesting read. I fully intend on buying a Pass Labs amp someday.:) You gonna sell me that Aleph 30 Brock?:p;)

[reeltrouble1]

Too bad the Good Lord only gave him a gift for sand.

Anyway, read the artical as I do get TAS, yea, good stuff from someone who actually knows alot about circuit design. TAS already has the next issue with Schram from Parasound, they also had the Spectral folks recently, great stuff on audio.

RT1