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  Class A amplifiers - which are considered the best
I have heard Accuphase makes the highest quality pure class A amplifiers. Wanted to get some feedback on folks experience with their amps and any other amp manufacturers that would be in their league (or better) for class a amps. thanks
Dangelod  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

07-19-09
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02-27-12   For high powered class a amps i would go with various clayto ...   Allchemie

02-27-12   Audiopax maggiores - 100w - class a - set (my pair arrives t ...   Vicks7

02-29-12   Plinius sa-103, sa-reference anyone have experience with th ...   Doggiehowser

03-01-12   Pass xa gets so much overwhelming love here i will give my + ...   Eugene81

03-01-12   Have not heard a lot of those mentioned but heard and bought ...   Uru975

03-02-12   If you like pure class a solid state, these mark levinson ml ...   Georgelofi

03-02-12   "goes to show that others are stretching a long bow whe ...   Pubul57

03-02-12   Geoegelohi, great job! i am sure it sounds incredible. my ...   Bobheinatz

03-02-12   There are a few amps that run class a up to between 10 and 2 ...   Manitunc

03-02-12   03-02-12: :manitunc. those amps don't use as much power whe ...   Georgelofi

03-02-12   Goerge, krell had some class a amps sans fans before plateau ...   Unsound

03-02-12   Yes but they were only quite low in class a for instance th ...   Georgelofi

03-03-12   I was referring to the krell ksa 80, ksa 200, kma 160, kma 4 ...   Unsound

03-03-12   Another vote for clayton audio s100, m-200 and m-300.   Vladimir

03-03-12   I received my pair of pass xa100.5's a short time ago and i' ...   Johngp

03-03-12   Same topology unsound, just different models in the same ran ...   Georgelofi

03-05-12   I thought the plinius sa-reference which claims 2x100w class ...   Doggiehowser

03-05-12   Vitus audio ss101.   Ciro71

03-05-12   The mighty karans are most certainly up there with the very ...   Sidekick_i

03-05-12   Goergelofif, the krell ksa 80 and ksa 200 (and their mono co ...   Unsound

03-05-12   They still are not anywhere near pure class a up to their ra ...   Georgelofi

03-05-12   Georgelofi, i did see your link. i believe that at the time ...   Unsound

03-05-12   Unsound: georgelofi, i did see your link. i believe that at ...   Georgelofi

03-05-12   The krell ksa80, kma160, et al were not class a designs. the ...   Zaphod1000

03-05-12   The ksa80 and kma160 did preceed the ksa250, but they were s ...   Zaphod1000

03-05-12: Unsound
Love to see that brochure. In any event, they sure fooled me. Still thought they were great sounding amps. I couldn't get past the sound of those fans on their predecessors.
Unsound  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


03-05-12   @sidekick i do agree the karans do sound good but their clai ...   Doggiehowser

03-05-12   Krells are great amps, just that we were mislead quite a bit ...   Georgelofi

03-06-12   @doggiehowser the construction of the karans are obviously ...   Sidekick_i

03-06-12   Didn't nelson pass create the sliding bias thingamabob? :) ...   Doggiehowser

03-06-12   I remember being approached by someone in the early 90s that ...   Atmasphere

03-06-12   George, i'm mightily impressed by your abilities (to take o ...   Rx8man

03-06-12   03-06-12: doggiehowser: didn't nelson pass create the slidin ...   Georgelofi

03-06-12   Ralph how would you decide on what power the class would cha ...   Rleff

03-06-12   Thx rx8man, my real name should have been georgehifi but for ...   Georgelofi

03-06-12   Question: nad "power envelope" amps....hope i'm no ...   Noslepums

03-07-12   I believe the "power envelope" did nothing extra f ...   Georgelofi

03-07-12   Rleff, the idea was an analog setup that used a feedforward ...   Atmasphere

03-07-12   Ralph, are the m60s pure class a? not that i care, except th ...   Pubul57

03-07-12   Reference line silver signature from the late '90s. 100 watt ...   Wrm57

03-07-12   The audiopax maggiore is a true 100w class a amplifier so th ...   Vicks7

03-07-12   Yes james i believe these are class a most of the way, i kno ...   Georgelofi

03-07-12   Thanks george. i have had the pleasure of meeting the audiop ...   Vicks7

03-07-12   Vicks, your amplifier is 'single ended' with the kt88? are`n ...   Charles1dad

03-08-12   I don't think they are single ended as they have series and ...   Georgelofi

03-08-12   What i saying is if a tube is run as set/set-p(parallel) be ...   Charles1dad

03-08-12   This is correct the bias on a true set amp increases and dec ...   Georgelofi

03-08-12   Hi george, reading the amplifier designer`s description says ...   Charles1dad

03-08-12   Actually to be correct the design is 'six amps per side' for ...   Charles1dad

03-08-12   I'd like to see the circuit when and if he publishes it. jus ...   Georgelofi

03-09-12   George , you certainly could be right about the class a vs a ...   Charles1dad

03-09-12   Class a has two modes of execution, a1 and a2. in a1 the out ...   Atmasphere

03-09-12   Thank god, now i can listen to my m60s and not worry about i ...   Pubul57

03-09-12   Atmasphere, i agree with what you wrote. push-pull can be cl ...   Charles1dad

04-28-12   I have been reading some outstanding reviews of the new hege ...   Talk2me

04-30-12   Ciro71, you mentioned vitus audio ss101. i'm interested. can ...   Jtein


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