Accuphase amplifier choice
Hello All,
I have decided to upgrade my Parasound A21 amplifier looking for a more refined sound. The following are the amplifiers that I have in my mind:
Accuphase A-48s
Accuphase P-4600
Coda No. 8 (meterless)
Coda 16.0 (meterless)
Currently I am leaning largely to Accuphase. My dealer says that the Class A 48s will sound better with my ProAc D48R. But I am worried that I will lose dynamics since the Accuphase is only 50W into 8 Ohms. But it doubles all the way into 1 ohm.
The P-4600 is a higher wattage amp and I think it should be able to drive the D48R with ease because it doubles down to 2 ohm load. So I am not concerned with it's ability to drive the ProAcs.
I do have some feedback on the P-4600 from another thread here and appreciate it. But now looking for some comparisons.
Has anyone compared/experienced the Accuphase Vs Coda amplifiers? Any feedback is appreciated.
@milpai - there are two amp inefficiency problems, one is power consumption by the amp itself, the other, and more problematic for me is removing heat from the house by running air condition! AI is not correct, higher idle power will generate presumably higher electricity bill, unless you will run P4600 24/7 at max sound level! LOL
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Thank you for your inputs and passion for this brand. You along a few others have not only converted to Accuphase-phile, but I am glad that this community has some seasoned Accuphase users who have provided me personal opinions without sugarcoating. I am now very eager to experience the Accuphase sound. But I want to keep my hopes to “normal”, because when you keep it high, one might get disappointed. |
Folks, The A-48S got delivered this afternoon. I kept it in the room for i hours and let it acclimatize. I then hooked it to the system and let it warm up for an hour. i started with Nils Lofgren, Eric Clapton, Sara K, Dire Straits, etc. The good thing is that the highs are not truncated, which was what I was a bit worried before. I thought with 50 watts, I could set the DAC to “Line” instead of “Variable”. Well, that did not work. I had to revert back to “Variable”, because of too much gain. How that is possible, I am not sure, cause I moved from 250Watts to 50Watts and things are almost the same - now I am at -15db on the DAC compared to -18db before. I see the needle haver between 0.1 to 10 on the % scale. But never reaches 10. No, there is no night and day difference between the Accuphase and the Parasound it replaced. But this amp places the artifacts within the soundstage far better. Vocals has more presence and is focused. The bass is bouncy and has a definition that I was not aware before. This treble from the Parasound was sharp, while the treble from the Accuphase is shimmery and well defined. But the biggest surprise came when I put on a classical album - Your Hundred Best Tunes Volume 2. The first song Orpheus In The Underworld sounded so amazing that I have to start listening to this genre of music again. This amp makes you notice the ambience. Thank You everyone who responded with your feedback on this thread, that helped me a lot to pick my amp. I have taken the day off tomorrow to do more listening. |
Hey, wait a minute... what happended? Congrats on the the new amp! I am sure the differences between it and the previous one will become even more evident after several dozen hours. I have an itch to try an Accuphase; one of these days. I can't help but notice we have quite a few of the same pieces of gear: T+A DAC 200, Rhumba, Inakustik, GIK. You are using the Rhumba though? I don't understand why you are touching the variable out from the DAC? |
I musta missed a post....