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Old 01-21-2015, 01:37 PM
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You have money for the Dag? -> buy FM Acoustic!!!!
FM Acoustics is the best, imo. It takes a lot of money to get one, though.

As a former FM owner, I regret selling.
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Old 01-21-2015, 04:01 PM
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Nice, but out of the price range.
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Old 01-22-2015, 11:37 PM
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Spoke with Kent English at Pass Labs and Mark at Reno Hi-Fi today. Those XA200.8's certainly look tempting! I think they'll do an excellent job in my system and near the price point I can talk myself up to. Otherwise, I'd go for the X600.8's. I'm looking for that Class A nuance and detail.
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Spoke with Kent English at Pass Labs and Mark at Reno Hi-Fi today. Those XA200.8's certainly look tempting! I think they'll do an excellent job in my system and near the price point I can talk myself up to. Otherwise, I'd go for the X600.8's. I'm looking for that Class A nuance and detail.
Go for it.
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I'm looking for that Class A nuance and detail.
Same here.
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Old 10-31-2015, 02:37 AM
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Hi,
Have anyone made a comparison between XA200.8 and XA160.8?
Recently tried the XA160.8, I am quite pleased with the performance.
Just wonder I should go For XA200.8 or not.


Thanks for sharing.
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Old 11-16-2015, 07:31 AM
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Hi,
Have anyone made a comparison between XA200.8 and XA160.8?
Recently tried the XA160.8, I am quite pleased with the performance.
Just wonder I should go For XA200.8 or not.


Thanks for sharing.
What's speakers you running? The XA200 is a heap of power!

I would say most speakers would run fine on the XA100.8
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What's speakers you running? The XA200 is a heap of power! I would say most speakers would run fine on the XA100.8
Hi,
I am using SF Aida. I was driving them with 2 pairs of ARC REF 250 amplifiers, one pair for the bass and one pair for the mid/high of Aida.

I have decided to switch to solid stage as I could not stand the 600 hrs of running in of the REF powers amplifiers.
The reason I was asking in my previous posting is:
Shall I have 3 pairs of pass labs XA-160.8 OR 2 pairs of XA-200.8 to drive my Aida.
Thanks for sharing your view.
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Old 11-18-2015, 06:57 AM
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That is some serious amplification!

I would have thought 1 pair of either model would be fine for normal listening levels.

What volume do you listen to music at? and how big is your room?
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I agree with planarspeakerfan that XS-150 is a better amp than XA-200.8.

For amp at this level, the power supply is as important as the amp itself if not more important. With a full size separate power supply for XS-150 for 150W Class A, it clearly has an advantage over the single chassis XA-200.8 with 200W.

I use XS-150 driven by ARC Reference 10 and they are the best sounding combo in my room, at least, best sounding as far.
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