Review: Pass Labs XA60.8 Mono Amplifiers
by John Richardson I’ve been on something of a roll lately with amplifiers from Pass Labs. Readers might recall that I reviewed a monster of an amp, the Pass X250.8 a [...]
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Mini-Review: Zu Audio Dirty Weekend Omen Version II
by John Richardson Sometimes just reading the news here at PTA gets me into trouble. Like last March, when I happened upon a blurb about Zu Audio’s Dirty Weekend event, [...]
Review: Zu Audio Druid Mk V Speakers
by John Richardson Zu Audio, a small company based in Ogden, Utah, represents to me the absolute modern American success story. I love everything about it: the quest for [...]
Review: J2, SIT-1, and F7 First Watt amplifiers by Nelson Pass
by John Richardson A Clutch of Amplifiers Let’s start this review with a little chat about First Watt and its founder, Nelson Pass. As experienced audiophiles, I’m [...]
CAS 2014: Zu Audio with First Watt, K&K Audio, Rupert Neve and Rega
Over the last year, I seem to have become the designated hitter for the Zu Audio room. This is some kind of cruel joke on our readers, because I usually say the same thing. [...]
CAF 2014: Zu Audio with First Watt is transcendent
Is it ruining the suspense to say that the Zu Audio room at CAF received quite a few votes for Best-In-Show? Probably. But for those in attendance, it was hardly a surprise. [...]
Magnepan and Tekton meet Pass Labs, Odyssey, Job, Merrill, Red Wine Audio, First Watt and Vitus Audio
Amplifier Madness Filed Under: Why The Hell Not. Wild hair? Yeah, maybe. Two over-achieving and “moderately priced” transducers fell into my Magical Hand of [...]
RMAF12: Welcome (back) to the Zu
I tend to think of a Zu Audio demo room as “The Land of Music That I Don’t Recognize”. I want to believe that it’s because I’m old, but [...]
Mini Review: First Watt J2 Amplifier
I reached out to Nelson Pass of First Watt this summer and asked the “what’s what with First Watt”. By way of response, Nelson agreed to send me a pair of [...]
Second Thoughts: Digging into the eFicion F300
As Luck would have it Bruce Jacobs, the self-described Old Audio Dude (and the Sales Manager for loudspeaker manufacturer eFicion), is wily fox. Given that the eFicion F300 [...]