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The XP-10 is an
ultra high quality line-stage audio
preamplifier featuring remote
control and internal power supply.
The XP-10 minimizes the number of
components in the signal path, and
yet retains exemplary objective
performance specifications. It
pushes the edge of the art by
exploring how much subjective
quality is obtainable with unique
circuit elements applied in
innovative ways. The
Pass Laboratories XP-10 along with
the XP-20 pre-amplifiers are the
natural descendants to the highly
acclaimed and successful X series of
Pass Laboratories line-stages
represented by models X0.2, X1 and
X2.5. The X series
pre-amplifiers have received many
highly respected and well-deserved
accolades over the past 11 years….
justifiably so. More importantly
they have provided a solid
foundation from which the current
and newest product has evolved.
The new XP series pre-amplifiers are
more true to state of the art
recordings than our previous
product. Given quality recordings,
these pre-amplifiers sound more
dynamic, bass lines are more clearly,
cleanly, and accurately delineated,
helping eliminate un-necessary one
note bass; instruments and voice are
presented in a more refined spatial
envelope, and with better spectral
balance. Fine nuances and details,
which frequently go un-noticed, now
become apparent -- even in loud and
highly complex musical passages.
The simple truth is that a decade of
knowledge and experience gained,
coupled with new component
technology, has enabled both
enhanced performance and listening
satisfaction over the building
blocks we had available when the
original X series pre-amplifiers
came to market. Pass Laboratories
has not been shy about taking
advantage of these circuit
innovations and new components in
these new pre-amplifiers. You will
hear, and appreciate, these
significant sonic improvements in
the XP series product.
Collectively, audiophiles tend to
listen quite a bit differently today,
than they did when the original X
preamps were created, and the XP
line of product have all been
designed to reflect those changes in
listening style.
Pass Laboratories has redesigned the
remote control to allow direct
access to the most frequently wanted
control functions, thus simplifying
and enhancing product operation. The
new remote control codes have been
carefully selected to minimize the
impact on other remote controlled
electronic devices, allowing for
more carefree product placement.
Volume control steps on the new
pre-amplifiers are more numerous and
generally of smaller increments,
giving the listener a wider choice
of listening levels to better
accommodate the wildly-fluctuating
levels of current, verses legacy,
recordings. Changing
lifestyles dictate that many
audiophiles now share family space
where music may be an adjunct to
other activities. To better serve
the needs of these listeners, these
new pre-amplifiers allow for
significantly more precise volume
steps and greater attenuation at the
very lowest volume levels.
So that these very low-volume
listening levels have real world
practicality, the noise floor and
very fine detail retrieval of these
new pre-amplifiers is dramatically
superior to our previous product.
Frequently, the perception of
increased detail comes at the cost
of equally increased grain or
edginess in the music. With this new
pre-amplifier, hundreds of hours of
thoughtful listening and careful
adjusting have produced a product
where the enhanced detail simply
comes through as greater spatial
refinement and dynamic accuracy;
without any loss of musicality. Bass
definition is better than in
pervious models, highly dynamic
passages typically have more weight,
a more accurate leading edge with
increased control and the spectral
balance is more finely integrated
top to bottom. "We
sincerely believe these are the
finest pre-amplifiers
Pass Laboratories has built to date,
without question!" |
