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XP-10 Owner’s Manual
Pass Laboratories has redesigned the remote control to allow
direct access to the most frequently wanted control functions, thus
simplifying and enhancing product operation. The new remote
control codes have been carefully selected to minimize the impact
on other remote controlled electronic devices, allowing for more
carefree product placement. Volume control steps on the new pre-
amplifiers are more numerous and generally of smaller increments,
giving the listener a wider choice of listening levels to better
accommodate the wildly-fluctuating levels of current, verses legacy,
recordings.
Changing lifestyles dictate that many audiophiles now share family
space where music may be an adjunct to other activities. To better
serve the needs of these listeners, these new pre-amplifiers allow for
significantly more precise volume steps and greater attenuation at the
very lowest volume levels.
So that these very low-volume listening levels have real world
practicality, the noise floor and very fine detail retrieval of these new
pre-amplifiers is dramatically superior to our previous product.
Frequently, the perception of increased detail comes at the cost of
equally increased grain or edginess in the music. With this new pre-
amplifier, hundreds of hours of thoughtful listening and careful
adjusting have produced a product where the enhanced detail simply
comes through as greater spatial refinement and dynamic accuracy;
without any loss of musicality. Bass definition is better than in
pervious models, highly dynamic passages typically have more
weight, a more accurate leading edge with increased control and the
spectral balance is more finely integrated top to bottom.
We sincerely believe these are the finest pre-amplifiers Pass
Laboratories has built to date, without question!
Thank you for your purchase of the XP- 10.