Originally Posted by
JeffW
Rolled, billet, who gives a crap. The front plate on the Pass amps is just a sheet of aluminum, too, but then they bolt some machined pieces onto that. The more important question is why don't they used stamped sheet metal like good amps.
I think the main reason somebody would say the First Watt (J2, for instance) looks like a Pass amp is because aside from no meter and absent the machined handles, it looks pretty much just like a Pass amp. The screw holes on the J2 front are the same ones that the handles bolt onto the Pass. Same heatsinks. Same top cover.