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On May 13, 11:18*am, John Stone wrote:
On 5/13/10 5:12 AM, in article
, "Bret L"

wrote:

*I think Nelson Pass is a decent guy (and yes, I know...again
irrelevant) but I am not a huge fan of these minimal designs. I think
his work with Threshold was a lot better.

Based on what? The power amps he makes today actually measure much lower
distortion and noise, and can put way more power into low impedance loads
than the older Threshold products. I'm talking about the X series products
in the Pass Labs line, not the First Watt products which are more DIY
oriented. I doubt you have any firsthand experience at all with any current
Pass Labs products. If you actually measured one thoroughly, you would have
to admit they're the real deal in every respect.

That's what I felt. I used the First Watt F3 for three months. At the
end of the review I had a chance to buy, but I didn't because I
already owned a Yamamoto Sound Craft A-08 45 and I felt that their
presentations appealed to me in the same way. A few months later,
after burning through a couple of sets of NOS 45 output tubes, I
kicked myself for not keeping the F3.

By the way, since we're talking about Nelson Pass, I recently heard a
system powered by an older Pass Aleph 3. That's another gem from
Nelson.