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Most transparent power amp

Hi there,
i would love to hear what brand that you have experienced with transparent of sounding? The kind of transparent is similiar to solid state amp like Cello, Spectral, tube amp I would think is Counterpoint SA4.


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georgehifi
10,312 posts
 
Sorry I meant F4, the signal still still passes through active IRFP240-9240 Mosfets, so it's not passive, even if it has no gain, it's still active

Cheers George  
lancelock
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I think David Berning amps have been mentioned. Linear Tube Audio amps are just as transparent and also designed by David Berning.
aberyclark
1,355 posts
 
I believe the Benchmark amp has only 9db of at the lowest gain setting. 
boxer12
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I've been using a pair of Valvet solid state single ended mono blocks for a few months now & am finding them very transparent & musical. My history has been tubes of various designs for the last 25 years so this was a bit of a departure. I'm hearing more on top and bottom now while still having a very satisfying midrange. 
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