Pass Labs XA30.5 Amp

Ern Dog
Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
edited March 2013 in For Sale (FS) Classifieds
I'm putting my Pass Labs XA30.5 amp for sale. I'm the second owner. I bought it in Jan 2011 from the original owner on Audiogon. He had had it for 4 months and barely used it. I've treated it with kid gloves. There's no nicks or scratches anywhere. It looks and operates flawlessly. I'm selling it because I recently got some tube mono blocks. It comes with the original box, owners manual and stock power cord. As a tweak I bought an upgraded Acme fuse for the amp. I heard a slight improvement, so I left it in. I'll include the original fuse.

Price is $3,000 plus shipping. USA only. For payment I'd take paypal, cashiers check or money order.
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2013
    Here's some pics:
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,221
    edited March 2013
    Very, very tempting
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,366
    edited March 2013
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Very, very tempting


    Indeed!!
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,905
    edited March 2013
    MUST RESIST!!!! besides I'm tapped out.:cry:
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited March 2013
    Lovely!
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited March 2013
    I would love to hear this one! I would also love to own it, but don't have the scratch currently. GLWTS.
    Relayer-Big-O-Poster.jpg
    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited March 2013
    Some of you fella's operate on a WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL from the rest of us :biggrin:... Maybe someday I will roll something like this.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,221
    edited March 2013
    A new car and upcoming Spring home projects mean I just can't swing it. If that wasn't the case, this would be mine.

    GLWTS, maybe it'll stay in the family and I can have a shot at it next time around.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2013
    Sexy!
    Jake
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2013
    Thanks guys! I hope it stays in the family.

    This amp de-throned my previous amp: Pass Labs X150.5, which sounded killer good. This XA30.5 took it to a whole new level. I also thought it sounded better using the XLR inputs vs the rca inputs.

    This amp is over built and is pretty heavy- shipping weight is 75 lbs.
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,905
    edited March 2013
    how about easy payment plan...$50/month:rolleyes:
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2013
    $50/month Polkie special :eek: Yeah right.
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2013
    Also sent this out to Audiogon yesterday. Audiocircle too.
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited March 2013
    I'll give you $300 per month :)
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,366
    edited March 2013
    I bet this would have my SDA's sounding sweet!!
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  • brianle
    brianle Posts: 572
    edited March 2013
    Good thing I just sold mine on Audiogon. Else, I'll have to compete wit your listing! :lol:
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2013
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    I bet this would have my SDA's sounding sweet!!

    I bet you're right. I would love to hear the amp with some SDA's or some Lsi's.
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2013
    brianle wrote: »
    Good thing I just sold mine on Audiogon. Else, I'll have to compete wit your listing! :lol:

    Oh that was you? I saw it posted, then it was gone. These come up pretty regularly on the 'gon. I think a lot of people get a taste with these XA30.5 then upgrade to the bigger ones for more power like the XA100.5 or XA60.5's. Have you seen the new XS series? I would love to hear what those sound like.
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2013
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    I'll give you $300 per month :)

    Well that's at least better than Marvin's offer of $50/mo.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,029
    edited March 2013
    I'll up that offer to 300 bones a month, a half eaten box of corn flakes....raaar, a wooden leg, and my own personal Pepster vodoo doll....which I squeez every so often to get him to make me cables. If thats not enough, I can add a pair of Kati Perry's undies, which btw still smell, or a special jar filled with audiophile rocks from Coconut. Whichever you prefer man.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited March 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    I'll up that offer to 300 bones a month, a half eaten box of corn flakes....raaar, a wooden leg, and my own personal Pepster vodoo doll....which I squeez every so often to get him to make me cables. If thats not enough, I can add a pair of Kati Perry's undies, which btw still smell, or a special jar filled with audiophile rocks from Coconut. Whichever you prefer man.

    LOL! Great post Tony!
    Relayer-Big-O-Poster.jpg
    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    I'll up that offer to 300 bones a month, a half eaten box of corn flakes....raaar, a wooden leg, and my own personal Pepster vodoo doll....which I squeez every so often to get him to make me cables. If thats not enough, I can add a pair of Kati Perry's undies, which btw still smell, or a special jar filled with audiophile rocks from Coconut. Whichever you prefer man.

    Now we're finally getting some where. I'll take the Pep vodoo doll and the smelly undies and we'll call it a deal :lol:
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  • bobsauto49
    bobsauto49 Posts: 973
    edited March 2013
    I will up the ante to a wheel barrel with a flat tire, but it sure is purty!
    "Everything I ever did in my life worthwhile I caught hell for"
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,032
    edited March 2013
    Somebody say something about Katy Perry's undies?
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  • brianle
    brianle Posts: 572
    edited March 2013
    Ern Dog wrote: »
    Oh that was you? I saw it posted, then it was gone. These come up pretty regularly on the 'gon. I think a lot of people get a taste with these XA30.5 then upgrade to the bigger ones for more power like the XA100.5 or XA60.5's. Have you seen the new XS series? I would love to hear what those sound like.

    Yeah, I wanted to try the XA series but I still prefer tube amp sound more
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2013
    brianle wrote: »
    Yeah, I wanted to try the XA series but I still prefer tube amp sound more

    Apparently, me too. Which tube amp do you have?
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2013
    Opps, never mind Brian. I just saw your thread on the VTL ST-150 tube amp. Loads of power and tube love!
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2013
    SOLD on Audiogon.
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