Home Theater System User Manual

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XP-20 Owner’s Manual
than they did when the original X preamps were created, and the XP
line of product have all been designed to reflect those changes in
listening style.
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 signal 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, the newest Pass Laboratories
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.
As good as the XP-10 is, the XP-20 performance metrics are
enhanced over those available in the XP-10 by virtue of a separate
and additionally regulated power supply. For the listener these circuit
enhancements will convey musical bass with significantly more
impact, articulation and timber accuracy. With well-recorded material
the XP-20 will present a more refined sound stage than the XP-10
with greater ability to accurately delineate instruments in their proper
spatial perspective of depth, width and height.