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It proves very nimble on top, balancing dynamic contrast with brass instruments, staying delicate and finessed on strings and vocals. That bleached feeling is no longer a line item with Class D, and certainly not the mINT. If anything, the tonal presentation of this amplifier is slightly tilted to the warm side, unlike the Class D amplifiers of a few years ago, that offered great bass performance at the expense of a smooth top end. The mINT is equally capable when fed analog sources, like a CD player or a file streamer, offering a spacious, precise, and untarnished presentation that I find wonderfully balanced. To put it another way, my listening rooms suffered from overload well before the mINT could even break a sweat. The mINT was paired with Harbeth Compact 7 ES3 and the Opera Mezza speakers, proving a wonderful match for both, with more than enough power to drive both speakers to their limits. And, the mINT is fully designed and built in California.
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Rounding off the list of features is a fixed output for a recording device, a variable output, an HT bypass, and a very nice, full function attractive remote control. There is also an asynchronous USB input that handles up to 96 Khz. Along with two analog inputs, the mINT is also a three input DAC, with TosLink and Coaxial inputs that handle 24 bit, 192 Khz data. According to W4S, it is “ a true-resistive ladder which results in linear control, excellent channel matching, and impressive sonic quality.”īut wait, there is more. One aspect of the design they are especially proud of is the volume control. Wyred4Sound goes out of their way to stress the refinements found in the mINT that are usually regulated to much more expensive components. The mINT boasts 100 wpc, and is a custom Class D design based on the ICE power modules. The Wyred4Sound mINT, short for Mini Integrated Amplifier ($1,499), is indeed a half sized component that interestingly, looks at once both retro and modern. You can read more about the Xs300 here at the Pass Website.Ĭentral California’s Wyred4Sound has taken the high end by storm with their extensive line of Class D based amplifiers, DAC’s, and music servers. Nelson Pass has created yet another masterpiece. Stay tuned for further adventures and our full review of the Xs300s. I walk to work, so my carbon footprint is still intact.Īnd what a better way to use electricity that these?Īs we were taking the photos for the upcoming review, we hooked the first stack to the GamuT S9 speakers, and staff member Jerold O’Brien said, “Dude, your system sounds better in mono with one of these than it did with the pair of XA200.5s” And the XA200.5s are no slouch. As each channel draws 1000 watts of current per channel, all the time, I left them off on Earth Day, but they are back at full song today.
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Having spent a year with the incredible XA200.5 that I just recently reviewed in issue #53, it seemed hard to believe that Pass could create two boxes that could reveal even more music.Įxpanding the concept of Pass’ patented Supersymmetry amplifiers and the single ended, Class A design of the original Aleph, they have created a true masterpiece with the Xs300s.
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While the Xs 300 monoblocks are not for the faint of heart, or bicep for that matter, weighing in at about 300 pounds per side and costing about $40k per side, from the minute we unboxed them, it was apparent that these amplifiers were indeed one step beyond. After about three years, I’ve worked my way to the top of the Pass Labs food chain.