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Weird they would pair those speakers with the Pass Labs amps. One of those amps cost more than all off the speakers in the Golden Ear room.
Weird they would pair those speakers with the Pass Labs amps. One of those amps cost more than all off the speakers in the Golden Ear room.
The model of the Pass Labs amps is not indicated, but the Class A series - the one I'm most familiar with - is extremely musical, neutral in tonality, and transparent. They manage to produce a beautiful sound without gilding the lily, as it were. If I were trying to showcase the ultime musical potential of my loudspeakers, Pass would be an excellent choice.
As for sense, if you've got the cents, why not?
As well as using the pricy Pass Labs amps, GoldenEar also used the very affordable (<$1K) Peachtree Audio Decco 65 integrated amp to demo the Triton Sevens. People could listen to the Sevens with Pass Labs or the Peachtree. When I was in the GoldenEars room the Sevens were hooked up to the Pass Labs amps, so that's how I listened to them.