No, no, and no.
Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll
A discussion elsewhere about the future of Class A made me wonder how true one statement really is. So the questions are...
Have you done away with your Class A Amp due to Heat concerns?
Will you be moving away from Class A Amp due to Heat concerns?
Will you never buy a Class A Amp due to Heat concerns?
I only have a class A/B unit that does Class A up to 6 watts with almost no heat so really can't speak for those who have used in the past or currently own and run Class A Amps.
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@jaymark you had a LSA Voyager 350 at one point, no? |
Thanks. I knew my uprated KRS200s are big. But I had no idea they are planetary paragons. Thanks for this. What we need now is a designer that can take pure Class A down to a quarter ohm. Guess he'll be put in jail if he can do it. Stiff and powerful rules OK. Just going downstairs for another wonderful dose of reality. |
I have a Pass 250.8 in a 13x 23 room running Sabrina with a JLf113 V.2. It always heats the room to 70 - 72 in the winter months and to 74 in the summer- too hot despite sounding great. I run a pair of Bel Canto REF600m in the warmer months and they will probably end up being my main amps as I downsize. Inevitably the 100 pound Pass will become too heavy at some point. |
Ralph: The Sharp sounds more than decent with 4/8 ohm speakers (the super cheap Sonic Impacts were always odd sounding and I even tried powering them with batteries). This is coming from someone who has been using DH/SET 300B/2A3 amps (Audion/Bottlehead) for the past 20 years. The Sharp's were a goof (purchased 5 of them on closeout for $75/each mainly for gifts, but ended up liking it). I didn't even realize that the Sharp was Class D until recently upon looking it up.
http://www.laaudiofile.com/sdex111.html DeKay |
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