Dehavilland 50A has anyone purchased one?

I have heard both the 845 and 50a. In fact, a pair of 50a's (from Sounds Real) spent three weeks in my system. I absolutely love the 50a, best midrange I have ever heard. Very good bass control for such a low powered amp. Amazing soundstage both in terms of width and especially depth. 3-d imaging. Very natural musical sound. Pure joy to listen to.

After agonizing over the decision, I did not purchase the amps. I love them and may end up with them at some point in time. However, they were just not quite up to powering my Aerial Model 9s, which require a ton of juice (i.e. 4 bass drivers). For the 50a's to really make sense, I would need to get new speakers and was not quite up for that. The fact that the 50a's came close to matching with the Aerials is a real testament to the amps.

As to reviews, there is a copy of one on the DH site.

I know Jim of Sounds Real quite well. I do believe that by using the name of his business (Sounds Real Audio) as his user name, Jim did make a disclosure of his interest. And, it is not like Dpe asked about Spectron and Jim told him to look at DH. Dpe asked about two DH amps and Jim told him about the two DH amps (and btw recommended the less expensive one). Who better to comment than a DH dealer? Not a fair criticism IMHO.