CES 2012 – Pass Labs

This is what you will see entering the Pass Labs room every year at this show. So we’ll start here.

It is only this year that I finally realized these are all different amps – they just use the same chassis so they look the same except for the designation of the front dial.

This is the rear of the stack of Pass Labs amps that are stacked in the entry hall. Sorry about the top amp having a blurry back panel – but they all look somewhat similar to each other….

This is the main system they had set up this year. It is usually played so quietly [when it is played] and the talk in the room so … plentiful… that it is hard to get a sense of these speakers. Good, solid looking speakers though [no, I am being serious. I like the look]. This room is mostly about the cool gear on static display, IMHO.

This year they are using Pass L:abs Xs 150 amps.

Close up of the Pass Labs Xs 150 amp’s meter. Not sure what it means when the needle is in slightly negative territory there…

The Pass Labs SR-2 speaker

The Pass Labs SR-2 loudspeaker

In the back of the room is the front end, and this year they had this colorful Denon DP 6000 turntable.

The demo system used the Pass Labs X 25 or X 30 preamp [not sure which they were using in this photo].

The Marantz SA 7s1 C player and control box for the Pass Labs XP 30 preamp

On static display they had the 2-box Pass Labs XP-25 linestage…

… and also on static display they had the 3-box Pass Labs XP-30 linestage

Also on static display is the older, bigger Pass Labs SR-1 speaker

Here we can see the Pass Labs SR-1 and SR-2 loudspeakers next to each other

A stack of two Xs-300 Pass Labs amps.

A side view of the stack of two Xs-300 Pass Labs amps.

The Pass Labs Int 30A integrated and X 250.5 amps.

A lot of big iron [aluminum] in this room!