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Old 04-22-2014, 01:58 PM
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Jeremy,

I've owned 5 Pass preamps.
Aleph P with remote, X1 with full size power supply, XP-10, XP-20, XP-30.
All are truly balanced. I don't believe the Threshold fet/10 is.
The X1 is just better than the Aleph P, IMO, due to power supply & display.
I did like the XP-10 better than the X1, due to improved detail.
I'd get the X1 if $2K is your budget, the best thing about Pass gear is you can always move up easily, there is constant demand on Audiogon.
I traded in my XP-20 to Mark at Reno HiFi, he gave me a great deal!
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Old 04-22-2014, 04:14 PM
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Ivan,

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You have a great site, here...

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Thank You!

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Welcome Daniel from one Pass Labs fan to another

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Ken,

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Jeremy,

I've owned 5 Pass preamps.
Aleph P with remote, X1 with full size power supply, XP-10, XP-20, XP-30.
All are truly balanced. I don't believe the Threshold fet/10 is.
The X1 is just better than the Aleph P, IMO, due to power supply & display.
I did like the XP-10 better than the X1, due to improved detail.
I'd get the X1 if $2K is your budget, the best thing about Pass gear is you can always move up easily, there is constant demand on Audiogon.
I traded in my XP-20 to Mark at Reno HiFi, he gave me a great deal!
Thanks so much for your insight. I will keep you guys posted.
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Jeremy - congratulations on your purchase of the Whest PS.30R phono stage. It is an excellent value which I find to be competitive well beyond its price. I should mention that more recent versions which have the gain and loading switches accessible by a removable panel are supposed to sound even better than earlier versions. Hopefully the one you're getting has the access panel. Please let us know how you like it once it has had adequate time to settle into your system.
Sadly I will not be able to give any reviews of the whest, it arrived D.O.A. It's a real shame.
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Sadly I will not be able to give any reviews of the whest, it arrived D.O.A. It's a real shame.
Wow. That's frustrating.
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Old 04-25-2014, 04:06 PM
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FYI, Jim Smith (Get Better Sound) still uses the X1 along with an Ayre as his references.

So that should give you two possibilities...
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