Pass Labs X600 & Outlaw 990

VR3
VR3 Posts: 28,642
edited March 2006 in 2 Channel Audio
I just got through spending about 10 hours with those 150 pound beast...

600 watts into one channel... -- amazing looking (and sounding) amps...

The new Outlaw is a big mother cracker - no other way to put it, thing is extroidinarly LARGE... and tons of hook ups. It took a long time to get that thing hooked and set up right...

All in all, I was very impressed with this extremely large gear...

Pics to come later...

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- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2006
    :eek:

    Wow. That is a _very_ impressive looking amp. So they're monoblocks? And they're powering JM Lab Utopias, right?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,642
    edited March 2006
    No picture I can show you would do them things justice...

    They really are a masterpiece... that aluminum faceplate and that center display lit up in blue -- absolutely beautiful!

    The amp has like...limitless amounts of power...

    And yep, JM Lab Utopias
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  • lanion
    lanion Posts: 843
    edited March 2006
    ...& Outlaw? what does outlaw have to do with this monument to excess? :)
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited March 2006
    lanion wrote:
    ...& Outlaw? what does outlaw have to do with this monument to excess? :)


    Its the audio equal of "I've put a stroked 350 in my Testarossa cause its easier to work on".;)

    That amp does look sweet, but the room sure was dark.:D
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    edited March 2006
    OOh.. I heard pass labs and Vantage/Summits are to die for!! If only I had the moolah for the pass labs 600, I would pull the trigger.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,642
    edited March 2006
    I got to play with the Outlaw 990 and the Pass Labs.


    The 990 was the preamp to this setup...

    And 600 mono blocks were the amps - just insane.

    We ran some graphs from 100-20hz, the graph was flat except for 3 nulls at 3 different frequencies, the nulls were about an 8 db drop off - I was very impressed at how flat the graph was...
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited March 2006
    Some day Iwill own a Pass piece. I have a great deal of respect for Nelson Pass and his designs. Someone with his talent who is a frequent contributor to the DIY forum is way o.k. by me. And he designs some pretty awesome products too. He's more than willing to help DIY'rs clone many of his designs. That is the trait of a true gentleman. No ego and willing to help anyone who asks.

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    "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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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited March 2006
    I'd think the Outlaw 990 was a bit over matcheed with the X600. Like putting a Ferarri engine in a Hyundai. The 990 is a good piece but to pair with a Pass X600....strange :confused: .

    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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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,642
    edited March 2006
    I agree.

    But its not my system either...lol

    The Outlaw wasnt to outmatched, it actually performed admireably...
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited March 2006
    Sid, how's the heat dissipation level on the Pass? Is it: slightly warm, warm, hot, or very hot? just curious. thanks.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,642
    edited March 2006
    Very Effing Hot

    Fried Eggs, anyone?
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited March 2006
    that's what I thought. No in-wall cabinet placement kinda amps.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited March 2006
    I never been around a Nelson Pass design that didn't run hot. He's a big believer in always having the output devices almost fully switched on even at idle.

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    "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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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,642
    edited March 2006
    They burn like 900 watts idling or something like that...

    But its like 120 (or so) class A watts...

    So it runs...VERY hot.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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