Pass Labs Speaker Choices

The first Magnepans I ever heard were driven by a First Watt amp, I forget which one. The owner thought it showed that a good power supply and solid engineering provided plenty of juice if you weren’t aiming for rock concert sound levels. I took it to heart and now have a living room secondary setup of a diy First Watt M2 driving Maggie MMGWs with a little Martin Logan sub. It’s a sweet sound, but again, pretty modest sound levels and mostly acoustic music.

Nelson Pass uses Tannoy speakers to voice his amps and I can verify that the Cheviot is an outstanding pairing with a Pass INT 25.

Pass Labs XA-200.5's with Sasha I speakers

Meridain 800 digital front end with high end cables and power conditioner in a well set up room.

We use live music as a reference.

I use Focal Aria 948 with Pass INT-25 and INT-250 and both they sound wonderful.