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

@jfrmusic 

Interesting experience about your power cord swapping. I am not using stock cord at the moment and switched the Cullen from the previous amplifier. But you are right - I did read the "specially highlighted" section in the Accuphase guide on power cords.

I’ve seen too many IEC receptacles w/ damaged contacts, which always caused power cable swap results uncertainty. mostly due to too many plug-unplug bad connector swaps.. only IEC receptacle replacement helped to fix it! 

“I am not using stock cord at the moment and switched the Cullen from the previous amplifier”

@milpai 

You could always swap it back to the stock cord and report back if you notice any loss of resolution or other differences.