Higher-End Class A/B vs. Class A Integrateds

If youcan spend $6k minus discounts the Hegel H390 

is a excellent choice for its not only very good sounding witha nice natural warm 

but the best control  of your drivers especially Bass witha class leading 4000

damping factor none of the competition are even close 

plus it has a very respectable dac , and even has a very good Roon  ready streamer built in and many software upgrades coming . My brother has one and Perrotta consulting gave him a very good deal and free shipping at almost 50 pounds  shipping is very expensive ,Highly recommended and many excellent reviews.

Well, I asked very specific questions before about what sound characteristics you’re looking for but you didn’t answer and just seem stuck on amplifier topology, so I’m out.  I don’t think PBN has ever designed a full Class A amp although I reviewed one of Peter’s Liberty amps that had low- and high-bias settings and I much preferred it in high bias mode.  My guess is his higher-level PBN amps are Class A/B but skewed toward a higher bias that achieves some of the qualities of a pure Class A amp and maybe that’s what you liked, but that’s just a guess.  

@nicktheknife

I am in university park, i have 2 class a monos a class a accuphase and a sanders Magtech. The magtech is for sale, it’s not class a but it’s amazing and has basically unlimited power, it has also been upgraded with 6 synergistic fuses, i am selling because im upgrading to a t+a a3000hv. If you want to come listen and compare shoot me a message: I used to be an audio concept’s customer as well

You need to determine how much power you need, ie speaker efficiency etc before you can even consider a Class A amp IMO.  There are not many Pure Class A amp above 50wpc. Most newer ones are 20-30wpc anything above that is switching into Class A/B. yes there are a couple exceptions. 

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