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In Reply to: Any one hear any of the Pass .8 amps? posted by Mr Peabody on June 15, 2014 at 20:05:11:
I spent a day or two at my buddy's house comparing a pair of XA160.5 to XA160.8, running into a pair of Wilson Alexia's. I will say that I am not a great fan of the Alexia's. They are tough to control in the bass, and peaky sounding in the upper mids and treble, and therefore it seems quite difficult to find gear that matches well.In my estimation, the low and mid-bass region is where these two amps differ the most, at least into the Alexia's. I was quite surprised by the degree of additional bass control presented by the .8 amps. In some frequencies it sounds like there is more bass coming from the 160.8, but it is well controlled. I thought the designers succeeded well in offering more bass control with little compromise in the higher frequency ranges, but there is a shift in spectral balance between the two amplifiers, so I guess your preference would be which ever matches your tastes. One of the guys I was with thought the .8 series offered more resolution throughout the entire frequency range, but I didn't hear more resolution as much as more control and a shift in balance.
With the Wilson Alexia's, I would unhesitatingly choose the .8 over the .5 but that is because the bass is so damn hard to control in those speakers. I think the choice would be tougher to make into a more reasonably engineered set of speakers.
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- RE: Any one hear any of the Pass .8 amps? - aljordan 06/18/1408:59:19 06/18/14 (0)
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