The new amps have glowing VU meters. QED they must be betterer.
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As far as I understand it the XA is along the lines of the Aleph X, which is basically 2 single ended Aleph circuits running balanced one for + and one for -. With a ton more output devices for low impedance etc. It probably has a Jfet input stage these days as well vs the mosfet stage in the aleph. Over simplification, but basically its an Aleph++, with probably a bit less euphoric distortion.
Good for you. I wouldn’t have the first clue on any of that technobabble 
. It looks OK and it sounds great.
It’s a direct evolution of the Aleph circuit, so easy to see it being better while retaining all the good stuff.
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Not exactly new to me, but back from the body shop, where they’ve been pimped, are looking good and ready to Rock 
Cheers Edd, cracking job !
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Beautiful.
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Are those the 10 quid eBay ones?
Yup, I wuz robbed.
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Lovely guy, living in a massive house in the middle of nowhere. As I was leaving he told me that his wife reminded him that he paid over£200 each for them
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Telling the Mrs how much your HiFi stuff actually cost = schoolboy error.
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Not if you’re mega loaded.
Suppose, but even if I’d won the lottery, the habit is hard coded by now.
Claire still thinks my 401 cost 25 quid from a junk shop in Liverpool.
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Not if she’s reading this, she doesn’t 
Last update on the Pass Labs kit. I played the last Talk Talk LP and the Mark Hollis solo LP this afternoon. I can honestly say that this is the best sound by quite some distance I’ve had in my room. Without going into a load of hifi babble I’ve got an absolutely engaging sound out of my vinyl rig and very acceptable performance from the digital side of things.
I wonder what a set of decent horns might achieve on the end of this…
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They would obviously spoil it 
Nice to hear it’s a step up and working for you mate.
Horns’ll just quack more.
But then it would be highly unlikely that you would need, or want 100 wpc
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It isn’t happening. I like my Arts too much.
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Have a bake off one day and try some horns