Pass Labs XP-32

Selling my Pass XP-32.  This is a great preamp and is a middle ground between a SS and Tube sound.  Excellent detail, superior sound stage, left to right and front to back, wonderful micro detail and dead dark backgrounds.  Images are very well defined and sound stage placement is rock solid.  Original boxes.  Also includes Silver Light cords connecting the units (a $1000 upgrade).  Very good Condition, no smoking household.  One small little scratch on one of the mono units (picture included).  Otherwise, excellent condition.  This has been on the Stereophile Recommended Components for the last few years.  Includes remote, manual and a stock power cord.  Buyer pays PP and Shipping.  



From Stereophile:
Pass Labs XP-32: $18,375
Replacing the well-regarded XP-30, the three-box XP-32 looks almost identical. To minimize noise, each channel's audio circuitry is housed in a separate chassis with the "dirty" control and power-supply circuitry in a third. Internal improvements include new transformers and DC-coupling of the balanced and single-ended inputs. The output stage runs a higher class-A bias with lower output impedance than the XP-30, and the volume control now operates in 0.5dB steps rather the earlier preamp's 1dB steps. JA was enthralled by the XP-32's transparency, hearing small details in his own recordings that he had not been fully aware of before. "A great preamplifier will allow through so much information, so much of the music, that the shortcomings of lesser speakers and amplifiers can be forgotten. The Pass Labs XP-32 satisfies that definition," he concluded. In a follow-up, JCA compared the XP-32 with the two-chassis XP-22. He was impressed with what he heard: "The XP-32 was just slightly more explicit than the XP-22. It was immediately noticeable on any music I played," he wrote, concluding that he "thought the XP-22 preamplifier let through all the music, or all that mattered, but I guess it didn't, because the XP-32 lets through just a little bit more." (Vol.44 No.3, Vol.45 Nos.4 & 6 WWW)