The Xs Phono preamplifier represents an all-out assault on the state-of-art in Vinyl and the most intensive and difficult design effort made at Pass Laboratories.
The final product of this massive effort extracts the utmost performance from a simple topology and operates with the extremely small and delicate signals coming from today's wide variety of phono cartridges.
The result is music that emerges from a quieter background and blooms into a richer, more precise soundstage.
Since 1997 Pass Laboratories has been respected for building some the finest phono stages in the audio industry.
The transition from Aleph Ono, through X-0no and now to the XP-15 and XP-25 represents a sophistication and maturation of both thinking and component evolution.
Twin Chassis
Adjustable Gain
Resistive and capacitive loading on all the front panel for easy access.
The XS Phono is a true "dual-mono" design, the only component shared between channels other than casework, being the power connection to house power.
Building upon the dual mono theme and topology each of the three inputs feature left and right gain channels, each on a separate, ceramic substrate circuit boards (6 circuit boards). This total independence starting at the power cord and continuing right through to the output connectors guarantees minimal noise and negligible channel to channel "cross-talk". The result is listening to music emerging from a quieter background and blooming into a richer, more precise soundstage.
From the front panel of the XS Phono you can select precise resistive loadings from 30 s ohms through 47k-ohms, capacitive values from 100 pF through 750 pF in addition to gain of 56 dB, 66 dB or 76 dB. Blue LED's on the front panel indicate the loading values and gain settings.
