Another Wonder of the Week product. Yawn! SS amplifier design has been a mature technology for several decades now. Will this new product surpass a Nelson Pass amp? I doubt it!
Mytek Empire with GANFET MODULE
Mytek is now also launching GaN based amps really exciting news.
https://mytek.audio/shop/empire-monoblocks-2#attr=11
https://www.hifi.blog/mytek-empire-monoblock-immense-power/
ULTRA LINEAR POWER AMPLIFIER WITH GANFET MODULE
EMPIRE MONOBLOCKS are half rack width (8.5 inch) , 2U tall (3.5 inch) monoblock power amplifier designed to match the Empire Streamer cosmetically and sonically to create the best ever sounding Mytek Electronics to be paired with the highest resolution monitor speakers.
The heart of Empire Monoblocks is the newly designed Mytek Ganfet Power Module, the power amplifier stage utilizing the newest range of ultra fast Gallium Nitride transistors.
Because of the wonders of GanFET technology, distortion resulting from transistor switching are reduced by magnitutedes, thus allowing a very gentle negative feedback and triode like behavior of the output stage transfer characteristic. The resulting sound has a silky top and beautiful midrange with a 3D sound stage and detail, just like with the best tubes, yet it retains
the tight bass, control and dynamics of a large transistor amplifier.
SPECSPOWER
1000W/ 4 Ohm, 500W 8 Ohm
THD
0.005% (average level)
GAIN
23 or 29dB
INPUT
RCA or XLR. Repeated via THROUPUT
INPUT IMPEDANCE
10kOhm
POWER SUPPLY
Large low noise toroid linear power supply
LINE POWER
100-240VAC Auto
DIMENSIONS
WxDxH=17x14x2 inch =432x225x50mm
WEIGHT
30 lbs/15kg
CHASSIS
Silver Matte or Black Matte
Read more below and Google GaN FET, HEMT to learn more about how these transistors can improve audio.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infin...
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://odr.chalmers.se/bitstream/2...
https://mytek.audio/shop/empire-monoblocks-2#attr=11
https://www.hifi.blog/mytek-empire-monoblock-immense-power/
ULTRA LINEAR POWER AMPLIFIER WITH GANFET MODULE
EMPIRE MONOBLOCKS are half rack width (8.5 inch) , 2U tall (3.5 inch) monoblock power amplifier designed to match the Empire Streamer cosmetically and sonically to create the best ever sounding Mytek Electronics to be paired with the highest resolution monitor speakers.
The heart of Empire Monoblocks is the newly designed Mytek Ganfet Power Module, the power amplifier stage utilizing the newest range of ultra fast Gallium Nitride transistors.
Because of the wonders of GanFET technology, distortion resulting from transistor switching are reduced by magnitutedes, thus allowing a very gentle negative feedback and triode like behavior of the output stage transfer characteristic. The resulting sound has a silky top and beautiful midrange with a 3D sound stage and detail, just like with the best tubes, yet it retains
the tight bass, control and dynamics of a large transistor amplifier.
SPECSPOWER
1000W/ 4 Ohm, 500W 8 Ohm
THD
0.005% (average level)
GAIN
23 or 29dB
INPUT
RCA or XLR. Repeated via THROUPUT
INPUT IMPEDANCE
10kOhm
POWER SUPPLY
Large low noise toroid linear power supply
LINE POWER
100-240VAC Auto
DIMENSIONS
WxDxH=17x14x2 inch =432x225x50mm
WEIGHT
30 lbs/15kg
CHASSIS
Silver Matte or Black Matte
Read more below and Google GaN FET, HEMT to learn more about how these transistors can improve audio.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infin...
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://odr.chalmers.se/bitstream/2...
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I love a Pass Labs high bias amps as much as anyone here, even had x260.5 monoblocks. But they are quite big, need adequate cooling and a adequate budget. These Myteks are not free either but hopefully gan can continue to improve with reduced cost. As there are not that many gan designs on the market yet I would consider the development interesting. But if you have the means to go high bias class a, that's great. |
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On pre-order at The Music Room. https://tmraudio.com/components/power-amplifiers/mytek-empire-monoblock-amplifier-single/ 500w/1000w should be enough for most people. |
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