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Zero feedback and class A,which is better?

hi I am in the market for a integrated amp I have a pair of Martin Logan Aerius speakers(non biwire type)What is more important to quality sound,class A amps or zerofeedback amps?Is there any amps out there that do both? I know that Simaudio is zero feedback and class A for the first 5 watts which just confuses me cause I don't think with logans i will ever use such a small amount of power,How do tube amps figure in this equation? cayin has a ss amp that is pure Class A, so far I am leaning to buy this Cayin 265ai amp,any advise thanks,Nick
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You need some power with those speakers and VAC made some pretty high powered class A 300B push-pull amps that you can run with no feedback. There are probably others.

Ayre claims their SS amps are zero feedback designs but they mean no global feedback. Any SS amp has to use at least local feedback.

First Watt amps are current sourse amps and only work with high efficiency single driver speakers.
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