The Crux of the Biscuit: Nelson Pass’s Listening Grist by Paul Ashby Nelson Pass: he of Pass Labs, First Watt, Burning Amp, D.I.Y., Adcom, Threshold, ESS…. Nelson Pass: the guy whose company built the unit […]
When I entered the Refined Audio room at AXPONA 2022, I was greeted by Cube Audio’s Nenuphar BASiS, a distinctive looking black speaker with a yellow driver ($26,900/pair). The sound of this intriguing system had […]
The First Watt F8 is the latest amplifier design out the door of famed audio legend and designer Nelson Pass’ barn. I don’t know about you, but I get a bit excited whenever a new […]
“I’m using some big ass mono amps, the Pass Labs XA-200.8. Ya know, the Class A ones.” Whenever I say that, in answer to a question from another audiophile, I get an interesting range of […]
Episode 2 of The Occasional Podcast tackles that much asked question: How does one allocate resources to each component in a hi-fi system? Should speakers get most of the kitty? How about cables? We explore […]
Chances are if you’ve been into high fidelity audio very long you’ve heard of Nelson Pass. His big watt amplifiers from Pass Labs make up their own little corner of audiophile history, and his First […]
It was a meeting long in the making. Nelson Pass of Pass Labs and First Watt fame is a hard interview to pin down. Coordinating with PR, Nelson and Burning Amp event organizers took some […]
The Pass Labs XP-20 Pre-amplifier changed my perspective on the importance of a pre-amp and held its place in my listening room for a many years only to be replaced by its sibling the XP-30 […]
Do you want the hernia or the double hernia? The voice on the phone asking that question was Bryan Stanton, a communications specialist who works with Pass Labs. A few weeks prior, we had begun […]
Part-Time Audiophile talks to Nelson Pass Nelson Pass formed his first audio company with a friend while studying physics at the University of California-Davis in the early 1970s. He went on to co-found Threshold Electronics […]
Feel the Burn San Francisco, CA November 12, 12017 — Burning Amp Festival 2017 is coming to the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco on Sunday, November 12th from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 PM. New […]
Welcome to the evolution. The Occasional Part-Time Audiophile is a new thing. Another experiment. And while it may be new to us, it’s not exactly new. The history of our hobby is as much a story […]
Pass Labs will be showing off their brand-new XA25 Power Amplifier at AXPONA this week, and announced today that the company has started shipping the Class-A amps which have an MSRP of $4,900 USD ($6,500 CAN). […]
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