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XP-25 Owner’s Manual
INTRODUCTION:
Pass Laboratories, specifically Nelson Pass and his co-designer
Wayne Colburn have a long history of imagining and successfully
bringing to the discriminating consumer some of the finest phono
stage pre-amplifiers ever offered. Each new incarnation of the
Pass Laboratories phono preamps has pushed their personal limits
as to what level of acoustic bliss is realistically achievable from
“Streaming Analog”©.
Since 1997 the guiding credo for these phono pre-amps remains the
vision that music must flow effortlessly from LP surface to listeners
ear. With each evolution of product that effortless flow should
issue forth with greater detail and clarity while never forgetting or
sacrificing the soul of the music and the artistic intent. The Pass
Laboratories XP-25 does not disappoint.
The XP-25 was brought to market both by copious measurements
and extensive listening through a multitude of tone arm and
cartridge combinations. Listening was given precedent over the
numbers but never at the expense of measured performance. The
result is a dynamic, lush and smooth sound with dramatic detail and
spectacular layering. Those listeners familiar with Pass Laboratories
previous phono pre-amps will be struck by the clear delineation
of bass notes in the XP-25 and the greater sense of music in a real
physical space.
Like some great musicians we get requests! You spoke and we
listened… so that you can listen better. Now the XP-25 a product
designed at the intersections of excellence, adaptability and
convenience.
The twin chassis XP-25 eclipses the already exceptional performance
of the well-reviewed and well-received XP-15: delivering enhanced
RIAA performance at a fraction of the previous distortion. With
the XP-25 you are going to discover a whole new dimension of
dynamics, inner detail and spectral richness on your favorite LP’s.
The XP-25 brings all control and cartridge loading functions to
the front panel and presents them in a clear easy to understand
layout. The XP-25 boasts two separate and selectable inputs, ample
adjustable gain along with generous resistive and capacitive loading
choices.
Those listeners and archivists with the desire or need to sample
music from two tone-arms or turntables will be able to do so
instantly with a single XP-25, thus simplifying their complement
of analog equipment and removing one more variable from their
listening chain.
