The "charactor" of pure Class A?


I have a pair of Clayton M300 in my set up for the next couple of months. Very nice.

I have to admit these are the first Class A amps I have spent any significant amount of time listening to and I am impressed.

My questions is, do Class A amps have a sonic signature of their own?

I like what I am listening to very much, but would like to be able to discern what might be a base class A sound against what Clatyon itself may bring to the sonic whole...

Comments?
jb8312

Showing 1 response by mechans

Well, getting back to the question Ralph. I think Mr. Carsten is entirely correct . True class A amps have muscle if you can imagine that, Yes they great for Rock you must have read that wrong.
The signature is a tad of warmth Atmasphere amps aside, and are willing to play the bottom octave if need be they to. The amp will truly double their output
This happens whenever a split in resistance occurs let's say Clayton says it will generate 100wpc at 8 OHMs that's what they mean for a linear lab generated 8 ohm resistance. When in true life they double their out put to 200WPC at 4 ohms and so on, for every drop in resistance, if the amp is built to work at 1 ohm, like Krell.
That finally before burning the to amp to pieces at 1 ohm the amp generates an incredible 800Wpc.