High current amp search
Hello, so as the title says, I'm looking for a 200+ wats amp (8ohm) that will double it's power down to 2 ohms but importantly also check all the audiophile boxes so strong, articulate, fast bass, smooth resolving mid-range and extended non fatiguing highs. It's proving to be rather difficult because hardly any manufacturers list output into 2ohms. Budget is around 4000$ so I'm looking at mostly used. Besides something like the Krell FPB 300/400 CX which can be had for that much , what else can be recommended?
@devinplombier Any speaker you thought you couldn't live without and came with some nasty impedance dips.....i am sure you could find something better that catered better to your tastes (sonically) at the same price bracket. It is always a buyers market.
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Vintage Aragon 4004mkII - Dual Mono, 200 w into 8ohms, 400w into 4 ohm, 800w into 2 ohm. Designed by Dan D'Agostino who designed Krell. I have had mine driving Apogee Ribbons for over 30 years. Perfectly black silent background. They were several thousand when new - decades ago - but you can find them for about $800. Massive current. Dual Toroidal transformers - weighs the same as a VW. |
I love classic infinity towers from the Arnie Nudell era, and these came in various shades of amp-killing low impedance. That does limit a person's choice of amplifiers; still, there are plenty of options out there, from the obvious (Krell, Mark Levinson, Classé) to the obscure (Electron Kinetics Eagle 7). I don't consider this an issue at all. It just is what it is, and I'm more than happy to live with big honkin amps 😃
Honestly, I don't think so. And please don't say the T word 🙏 |
@devinplombier I am not against big honkin Levinson or Krell amps...it’s just that the dividends you get even from the big honkin amps are higher with intelligent stuff than Arnie’s (the A word) archaic doozies. His other half, Paul McGowan was a much nicer guy and also has some nice speakers these days, in case you didn’t know. But, it would require you getting over some form of fascination (nothing to do with sonics or performance, it’s a pscyhological something else, i’d assume) with Arnie’s things. If you have Arnies, i assume you have some room to work with them and can deal with some setup complexity. Here are some more intelligent options with much greater dividends, if you can pair with your big honkin amps and some subs. https://www.danleysoundlabs.com/products/sh60/ https://www.pioneerproaudio.com/en/products/xy-series/xy-3b High tier engineering and sound, not that expensive either...all the glam crap you heard at axpona may feel like a honkin letdown, in comparison. The ’T’ guy also has the ability to slay your Arnies easily, of course. No amp killers.
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Deep, I see we’re going to have to agree to disagree, and that’s fine. I will say this, though: I don’t partake in the anti-pro https://www.me-geithain-highend.de/de/produkte/me-901k1.html The two links you gave look interesting. I’ll take a delve. Maybe we don't disagree so much after all
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