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Pass Labs XA30.5 vs Accuphase A-30

Posted by Sunya (A) on July 22, 2007 at 14:54:43

I'm looking at these two 30W Class A amplifiers to power up the tweeters in an active system and I was wondering if anyone had a chance of comparing the small Class A amplifier offerings from Pass Labs and Accuphase. The Accuphase has one thing that makes it more appealing to me and this is the gain selector on the front panel which is very useful in an active system when you try to match the different sensitivities of the drivers to the gain of the amplifier. But I'm mostly concerned about the sound quality and I can also tailor the gain for each driver from the external crossover (Pass Labs XVR1). I'm sure both of them are very good, but I'd like to know if there are big sonic differences between them.

http://www.passlabs.com/amplifiers/xa30_5.htm

http://www.accuphase.com/model/a-30.html

Also, if you have other suggestions for low power solid state Class A amplifiers feel free to make them as I didn't found any other.

Thanks!

Edits: 07/22/07

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