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Originally Posted by cma29
Here is an interesting quote from the review:
I wonder if my sample 100.8s were going through this break-in process and thus I was never able to integrate them with my system. After a week, I gave up and put them in their boxes waiting for the UPS guy to pick them up.
Maybe I should have waited longer or maybe I should get a used pair with a lot of hours on them... 
Ultimately, Scott gave them a resounding thumbs up. I wish I had achieved his sonic results more quickly before I had to return my pair. |
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay
Heard a pair of the XA160.8's in a friend's system and was very impressed.
He's driving Revel Ultima Salons and front end is a Bricasti M1 with a Gryphon Pandora pre.
The system sounded positively glorious and the step up from the XA100.5's was very substantial, particularly at frequency extremes. Bass is definitely on the warm side of neutral but there's better control and transient impact compared with the old model.
I don't think you need a tube pre with these amps because they're so inherently tube-like as it is.
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I had a different experience.
For me the XA100.8 were a big step back from the performance offered by the XA100.5s.