Be careful with that huge WCSS thread. Dude tries a lot of gear, but flips it so fast and has no frame of reference as he has had different rooms, speakers, yet compares past gear to new gear in completely different systems. Plus, he looks to sell much as fast as he can get it. Oh yeah, and FOLLOW the THREAD, closely. Pretty clear to me at least ONE burner account used to pump his own thread up. Not the first or last on this website.
Plus, some Top Gun Fan, Viper6 blows so much smoke in there he really hoses stuff up. I can respect WCSS, guy has a blast trying new gear and posting it, yet needs to sell it. The Viper dude comes off as a pompous know-it-all ass that gives opinion on gear he hasn't owned.
But, looking at his current room he has those massive Logans in a tiny room, with no dampening at all and a thermonuclear reactors worth of power to drive them.
Suppose if I had new high dollar speakers being delivered - I would start with the gear I know and ask myself - what would I like to change, and consider using gear that is tailored to do so.
Come on, a 10k amp vs 70k amp... are the parts, engineering, machining worth 60k more? (not that you are looking at that expensive of stuff)
Pass labs make a darn fine, musical, powerful amp. It's not some soft-ass warmed up thing. I would say leans towards the midrange, and maybe a bit of pleasing distortion voiced in. But it's not some rolled off conrad johnson or older Mac gear.
The Sim you have - that is about as neutral as a pre-amp can be.
Good luck. I have viewing that huge thread for entertainment, but as a hard core review tool - I'll trust my ears.
Plus, some Top Gun Fan, Viper6 blows so much smoke in there he really hoses stuff up. I can respect WCSS, guy has a blast trying new gear and posting it, yet needs to sell it. The Viper dude comes off as a pompous know-it-all ass that gives opinion on gear he hasn't owned.
But, looking at his current room he has those massive Logans in a tiny room, with no dampening at all and a thermonuclear reactors worth of power to drive them.
Suppose if I had new high dollar speakers being delivered - I would start with the gear I know and ask myself - what would I like to change, and consider using gear that is tailored to do so.
Come on, a 10k amp vs 70k amp... are the parts, engineering, machining worth 60k more? (not that you are looking at that expensive of stuff)
Pass labs make a darn fine, musical, powerful amp. It's not some soft-ass warmed up thing. I would say leans towards the midrange, and maybe a bit of pleasing distortion voiced in. But it's not some rolled off conrad johnson or older Mac gear.
The Sim you have - that is about as neutral as a pre-amp can be.
Good luck. I have viewing that huge thread for entertainment, but as a hard core review tool - I'll trust my ears.