Part 1: Pass Labs gear - Is it any good?

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@Cardinalement 3 жыл бұрын

Jay, the title of this video is way too much click bait for it's own good, any audiophile knows that the words "Pass Labs" and "is it any good?" do not belong in the same phrase. It is a lack of respect for the acclaimed work of this company...but not intentionally I am certain.

@EricBurbeck Жыл бұрын

I have owned a number of reasonable quality amps over the years - Linn, Parasound, NAD, Emotiva. I finally got a Pass XA25 and the difference is truly stunning. Can't recommend highly enough.

@ridirefain6606 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to post this. Ditto: I appreciate the content where you discuss your personal XP with gear, much more than just the music only uploads. I tend not to bother with those. I especially find this sort of content valuable, since you seem to be only one that is providing information on products in this price & performance category.

@edgerteed7070 2 жыл бұрын

I HAD A PASS AMP 2YRS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY CALLED ME ONE DAY AND SENT UPS TO PICKUP MY AMP, THEY REPLACED MY BIAS POTS, THEY PAID POSTAGE BOTH WAYS, NO-CHARGE, AND I NEVER CALLED THEM -EVER, A GREAT COMPANY- GREAT PRODUCTS------10 OUT OF 10.....

@mikem4633 3 жыл бұрын

The Pass magic is even more evident under the First Watt brand. with the proper speaker pairing, it can be quite amazing. I have the SIT3 First Watt amp that is pure magic and at a great price too !

@WTJ3405 Жыл бұрын

What speaker(s) are you pairing your SIT-3 with? Thanks!

@68arild 3 жыл бұрын

Love it Keep it real Jay! I heard a lot of these products at shows it means very little, your first-hand experience is of incredible value and I take your word for it!

@nelsono4315 Жыл бұрын

I will never be able to afford any of the equipment that you talk about but I love your enthusiasm and honesty. It's all a learning experience for me as I have never heard of some of the equipment. Great channel!

@jaysaudiolab Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

@djapache2326 2 жыл бұрын

Love your content! I am located in Florida as well. In Clermont. Hope all is well.

@minhhaiFNM 2 жыл бұрын

Very good Video ! Thank you !

@ulaby724 3 жыл бұрын

Love your straight talk Jay. No fucking bullshit!

@rickmckee8270 Жыл бұрын

Jay I have Pass Labs X 1 pre amp and X600 mono blocs and you are 100% right their service is second to none.

@jaysaudiolab Жыл бұрын

Yes

@romanamoldaonado3190 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jay, big fan here... May i request you to do a similar test on Devialet Expert Pro hybrid amps which I'm sure will be interesting to see for us all... Keep up the good work man

@henriksrensen3220 3 жыл бұрын

Expert pro is not good enough. I had Devialet amp for 6 months.

@jeffkalina7727 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Pass Amp sound, Pass labs people, Pass Labs resale. Yes not cheap but excellent value.

@scottchegg1209 2 жыл бұрын

Mr Pass best solid state guy ever.

@robertbyington7715 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Wilsons and I have seen the 300s set up and played. I had also heard that Pass Labs were designed to stay on 24/7 for 20 yrs. The key to Pass Labs and companies like PS audio is not that they are expensive but the way they are built. The most important thing however is the fact that if you have a problem Pass Labs and PS Audio will do whatever it takes to make it right. There is nothing worse than paying big $ and having a problem and not getting any help.

@louv4437 6 ай бұрын

I think Pass Labs is very good gear! Works well with many kinds of speakers! Good stuff!

@cosmokramer4703 3 жыл бұрын

I really want a pass labs for my Sonus Faber vintage minima

@khalid969 3 жыл бұрын

On behalf of Pass Labs, I would like to thank you for pointing out how far they are willing to go to stand behind their products. It would be a shame for a company to do that and not get recognized for it.

@thermals1897 3 жыл бұрын

Have you reviewed any Ayre equipment? Any general summaries? Thank you.

@dildealwis9877 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you once again for a forthright and insightful video. Wondering if you ever plan on a pair of Bryston 28B 3 mono-blocks?

@jaysaudiolab 3 жыл бұрын

No i don't

@ronbackal 8 ай бұрын

I was thinking about the XP-12 preamp with XA30.8 or XA60.8, but I also saw a used CH Precision A1 for 16,500 and I’m thinking if it might be better, but maybe I’m influenced by the name of the company and prestige

@Fontsman 2 жыл бұрын

Would be interested to know if you've reviewed any Nagra gear?

@giangvu7902 2 жыл бұрын

Nice commentary video Jay. I just hope the heat and power is worth the sound quality.

@asplmn Жыл бұрын

It truly is worth it. Not many Class A amps are worth it. Pass Labs & First Watt are.

@audiohertz2341 3 жыл бұрын

Nelson Pass always oversizes the output stage and under sizes the PSU very rare to get failures this way , it was the same wth his Threshold amps , Threshold or Pass Lab amps are Bullet proof amps ..

@ulaby724 3 жыл бұрын

All his first-watt stuff is very under-driven. Low voltages on the transformers.

@pnojazz 9 ай бұрын

“Owned?” No way you’ve owned each of those amplifiers, unless you’re a Dealer.😂

@davidstein9129 5 ай бұрын

Do any viewers here have any experience listening to the Pass Labs XP-20 Preamplifier? It's a combination of a preamp & power source...So, 2 seperate consoles Thanks!

@mikeuk4130 2 жыл бұрын

The answer, in waaaay less than sixteen minutes, is "yes, it is very good indeed".

@mrt6349 2 жыл бұрын

Pass Labs, XA 100.5 used for 8k usd are that a decent price or to expensive.

@mikeuk4130 2 жыл бұрын

Is that tattoo on the left or right channel?

@bikemike1118 3 жыл бұрын

PASS Labs 💪🏼 …. love it! Great review btw, Jay, very informative and honest (as always) 👌🏼

@henriksrensen3220 2 жыл бұрын

Jay prefer Gryphon over pass 🇩🇰🇩🇰💪

@bikemike1118 2 жыл бұрын

@@henriksrensen3220 Personal tastes may differ. The overall better product IMO is Pass (with more realistic price tag and more natural sound and better service which is almost never needed because of undisputed reliability). Danish products overrated & over priced 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪🏼💪🏼

@henriksrensen3220 2 жыл бұрын

@@bikemike1118 hahaha pass labs is ridiculously overpriced. Remember what jay said about the price on the Gryphon Essence? You have to spend double to get same quality. Gryphon is simply better sound quality than overpriced pass labs. The same with Audiovector speakers. Do you remember what jay said when he listened to Audiovector? He could not believe that the price was only 15000$ as they sounded much more expensive.🇩🇰🇩🇰💪

@henriksrensen3220 2 жыл бұрын

@@bikemike1118 pass labs is good sound, but they don't do anything exellent, nothing makes your jaw drop, like Gryphon amplifiers do. Gryphon is in another league compared to Pass Labs. 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰👌

@bikemike1118 2 жыл бұрын

@@henriksrensen3220 that’s only your opinion. I‘m sure you haven’t heard Pass in person nor did you own and experience them in your own home system. Everything is also a matter of personal preferences AND system synergy. If you wanna hear for example Jeff Rowland 625 simply blow away Gryphon Mephisto in comparison…go watch the vid where Mikey and Jay do a one-to-one comparison between the two…you will be surprised that an American amp for a third of the Mephisto MSRP sonically wins all the way down! Good bye 😘

@connorduke4619 Жыл бұрын

What's interesting is, I follow over 20 youtube reviewers and as best as I can gather, not one brand serves as reference for more than one reviewer, EXCEPT for Pass Labs which is the reference for four reviewers.

@jaysaudiolab Жыл бұрын

I see

@Justwantahover 2 жыл бұрын

I can't understand that they don't make more small pure class A amps. Even if they are expensive, still a lot of audiophiles would buy them, without the massive power consumption wnd 20-100 w isn't too hard on power (especially if you have solar).

@davidchaney1516 3 жыл бұрын

How are Pass Labs integrated amps?

@henriksrensen3220 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice amplifiers i think. I don't think they are as good as Gryphon integrated though.

@Shorby99EK 2 жыл бұрын

Mcgary Audio would replace the product if one was brighter than the other. I should know he did it for me. And lifetime warranty

@error079 3 жыл бұрын

Cliffhanger... you bastard ;-) Please post part 2 posthaste.

@nc3419 2 жыл бұрын

Pass Labs, designed for those living in Iceland.

@Justwantahover 2 жыл бұрын

Why not invent a class A amp for upper med and treble and class D for Bass and lower med.

@nc3419 2 жыл бұрын

A hybrid design? That could be interesting.

@chrishardinger3614 2 жыл бұрын

Because the idle/minimum power draw wouldn’t be affected by the change.

@yttean98 3 жыл бұрын

GLobal Warming --->Do we still need CLass A amps? Maybe for demo purposes not for regular use.

@ga12f12o 2 жыл бұрын

Your home vs 🏭. It's OK

@albertelazar4069 Жыл бұрын

$85k per a mono amp??? Where do you get all your money from Jay🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@Alpha-1111 Жыл бұрын

8 minutes and I cant listen anymore. I'll Pass.

@Justwantahover 2 жыл бұрын

If you are paying that much for powerfull class As they should at least come with ten kilowatts of solar cells.

@DrBroncanuus 3 жыл бұрын

what do i think about Nelson's amps ?....I'll Pass

@patrikbjorling4391 2 жыл бұрын

Why?

@robertbyington7715 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t knock something you have never tried. The only similarity between a Ford and a Lamborghini is that they are both cars.

@robertbyington7715 2 жыл бұрын

My brother bought a top of the line marantz that failed and caused a feed back issue that impacted a Pass lab amp that was out of warranty. He called Pass Labs and they STILL fixed the problem. Marantz took a week just to answer his email.

@careylymanjones 2 жыл бұрын

If you can afford 80-odd thousand dollars for an amp, you probably don't care about your electric bill.

@abbersj2935 2 жыл бұрын

They start at about $4000 for First Watt products. (Some even less).

@careylymanjones 2 жыл бұрын

@@abbersj2935 That's true, at the very bottom, you can build a Nelson Pass designed Amp Camp Kit for under $350, but he was commenting on the heat output and current draw of $80,000 amps in the video.

@markw7303 2 жыл бұрын

we really need to be ignoring pass and talking about coda and threshold wtf is wrong with you ppl

@shawnmugee 2 ай бұрын

Jay doesn't seem to know much of anything I am afraid....

@mannytheseacow7381 2 жыл бұрын

Blah blah blah

@pacificateur3630 3 жыл бұрын

Pass Labs will always be subpar to Luxman and Simaudio.

@dksculpture 3 жыл бұрын

In what way?

@billiondollarbaby3276 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck selling Simaudio gear. Horrible Resale value regardless of how it sounds. Buy one your stuck with it

@saint6563 3 жыл бұрын

The Pass Lab XP-33 preamp is not "subpar" to any Luxman preamp. Different, yes, in no sense completely inferior. Subpar means unacceptable, such is not the case w/Pass Labs.

@audiohertz2341 3 жыл бұрын

Luxman is good if you like that sleepy kind of sound , if not , Pass and go with Pass Labs :)

@pacificateur3630 3 жыл бұрын

@@audiohertz2341 Exactly, and no Pass Labs has made the Jay’s list of top amplifiers… So someone has to read between the lines here.