About two months got my first Pass amplifier - X150.5. Very happy and excited about this purchase. So much so that when I set it up, with RCA inputs from my preamp, I did NOT install the jumpers in the balanced inputs.
The sound? Best way I can explain it was that everything sounded like my old Maggie types (20.0) being driven by tube amps. Rather "mushy" and diffuse. But I thought it rather "kool" and felt that I was only hearing the Pass "tube like" sound.
Later I went to balanced cables from my preamp (Kimber Hero).
Does anybody know what gives with the balanced jumper plug when operating the balanced amp with an unbalanced input? Did I do some harm? Because with the balanced input cable I have far more volume (expected) but I also have a much more precise sound.
The sound? Best way I can explain it was that everything sounded like my old Maggie types (20.0) being driven by tube amps. Rather "mushy" and diffuse. But I thought it rather "kool" and felt that I was only hearing the Pass "tube like" sound.
Later I went to balanced cables from my preamp (Kimber Hero).
Does anybody know what gives with the balanced jumper plug when operating the balanced amp with an unbalanced input? Did I do some harm? Because with the balanced input cable I have far more volume (expected) but I also have a much more precise sound.