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Old 11-28-2012, 02:32 PM
mbovaird mbovaird is offline
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I heard both. The xa100.5's were a little sluggish in the bass to my ears. It wasn't quite as fast and tight. The xa160.5's have a nice balanced bass. Tight and fast. Keep in mind, that many folks out there love the 100.5's (as I'm sure you do). Both are excellent amps....but to my ears, the 160.5's were perfectly balanced from top to bottom.

To me, the 160.5's and 60.5's had a similar sonic signature.
Same for the 100.5's and 200.5's. Trust me, I wanted to like the 200.5's better - thinking the extra power would be better, but I didn't.

The key here, is that all four (and even the 30.5) are OUTSTANDING amps. We're getting pretty nit picky here.
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