I compared the XA60.5 to the Luxman M600a.
With the Pass you have to strain to hear the details compared to the Luxman. The Luxman after 200 hr break in will wipe the floor over the Pass. It is not as slow sounding it gets more 3 dimensional and is alot more natural sounding than the Pass. Remember Luxman gives fanatical attention to all it's internal parts. For example they do not use parts from other companies. Pass uses an outsourced transformer and transistors etc.
On the contrary, Luxman does not it hand winds it's own custom transformers and uses it's own in house parts.
With the Pass you have to strain to hear the details compared to the Luxman. The Luxman after 200 hr break in will wipe the floor over the Pass. It is not as slow sounding it gets more 3 dimensional and is alot more natural sounding than the Pass. Remember Luxman gives fanatical attention to all it's internal parts. For example they do not use parts from other companies. Pass uses an outsourced transformer and transistors etc.
On the contrary, Luxman does not it hand winds it's own custom transformers and uses it's own in house parts.