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Posted by 1973shovel on December 27, 2014 at 06:05:12:
"[Nelson's] Not interested in wires, caps, damping, solder, sound of LEDs, etc."

I'm not a Pass devotee*, but I do admire the respect he garners among those who truly know amplifier circuits. I will take a slight exception to the above statement, only because I read a post somewhere of Pass recommending Elna Silmic electrolytic capacitors for their sonic quality. It's a minor quibble though, and in general, your point is well taken.

"why invest in an amp that will lose resale value because some "tweaker" made it sound better?"

I'm not an equipment flipper, so I ask myself, "Why not get all I can out of my F1?" (upgraded to F1J by Pass). But, even though I have little doubt that it could be sonically improved, I baulk because of the resale value. If I'm going to keep the amp, it makes little sense, I know. Maybe if there were 1001 or even better, 10,001 of them made, I might be more willing. But with only 101 of them out there, I'm far more cautious of doing something I'll regret.

*Some of his followers call him "Papa", which kinda gives me the creeps.