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Didn’t Pass but Didn’t Go – Further Thoughts on Pass Labs XA30.8

The liquidity that the XP12 and XA30.8 provide was not the match needed in my system in this room. The Sigma SSP presentation is a little darker and more angular than I’d want overall. If I were stuck between the two with a “nice” $250 DAC in a system in which every other individual component is literally twenty times more costly… I’d probably pick the Sigma SSP to match the XA30.8. With a source commensurate with the rest of my system… there should be no surprise here.