A fella is selling his Pass Labs Int-250 Integrated for a fairly reasonable $8,500 dollars on U.S. Audio Mart. This thing cranks; it’ll make 500 wpc into 4 ohms. Like all other Pass AB amps, it is biased in Class A for something like the first 20 or 30 watts, then it becomes an AB amp. This is a good one! Here it is:
Integrated Amplifiers - Luxman vs Pass Labs
Hello All,
This is my first post here at Audiogon.
My current amplifier is the Luxman L-550axii and my speakers are the Marten Django L and Coherent Audio 15 (coaxial speakers with 15" woofer and high efficiency of approximately 98db).
I'm contemplating making a move with my integrated. I'm considering the Luxman 590axii or one of the current Pass Labs Integrated's. I haven't had a chance to listen to the 590 and I've never listened to a Pass product before and the opportunity just doesn't present itself to be able to demo any at a dealer's or in-home.
I'm hoping those that have heard both the Luxman and any current Pass Integrated could chime in with their thoughts about them and the direction you would go given my speakers.
In the future, I may look at replacing the Coherent speakers with Audio Note AN-J or AN-E. Any experience out there with Luxman or Pass Labs and Audio Note speakers??
Thank you to all who chime in with your experience and thoughts!