If you are looking for a pure Class A (not a class A rated) power amplifier then PM me and I can send you a LUX kit pure class A amplifier for you to hear.
Pure Class-A Amp under $2000 (USED)
Hello everyone,
There are so many brands out there that I couldn't catch up with, so I opened a thread about Class-A Amp for discussion. My budget is around $2000 for a Stereo Amplifier (No need for Pre), could you guys help me to suggest me some?
- DAC: Exogal Comet
- Pre/Amp: Yamaha Intergrated A-9 (My current, but want to update)
- Speaker: Sonus Faber Venere 2.0
- Cable: Acrolink (Power, Interconnect, Speaker)
=> I think the wattage range between 30-60WPC for Class-A is powerful and popular. The production date of amplifier should not too old, I think after 199x is nice.
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@darkknight8586 I believe Krell KSA 150 and 250 operate in Class A and deliver plenty of power. There are some other Krell models such as sustained plateau biased models also operate in pure Class A. There is one KSA 150 available for $2,500 if you are interested. KSA 150 burn 300W when at idle! Class A efficiency is very low around 10-15% tops. For this reason, I purchased little brother in this series KST 100, but Class AB biased. Imaging, depth, spacing around instruments are outstanding.
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It seems that Sugden is quite favourable by many users, and they look very nice @pwerahera how do you feel about the sound of Krell? I heard they have a very forceful bass. |
I have a LUXMAN 550ax2 in my tannoy system but just picked up jungson ja88 used for £400 ($470) and amazed ... Need to drop into the main system as think it could be as good as the luxman ... It's a bit more powerful https://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0809/jungson_ja88d.htm#:~:text=The%20JA%2D88D(09)%20was%20a%20joy%20to%20use,quickly%20got%20used%20to%20it. It does suck about 380w from wall and get warm which is fine here in Scotland .... Built very nice but heavy at 27kg and big so you need space on a rack or sideboard.
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whatever you do, steer clear of that Emoteva tripe. gain is ultra high, you will have tweeter hiss plus the service on them is a disgrace to audio. they are ok for what they are entry level stereo separates . nothing more. i did hear the new flagship speaker was fairly descent, despite the very low Watts/current allowed. for such a good size speaker, i think its only 250W
i do like the folded horn tweeter if the source material is well recorded. heavy metal through the Emo amps was painful, they are bright, even with a 92 1w/1m pair of old speakers i had 15+ years ago. they were ok for country, or reg rock, but metal,...aaaarrrgggghhhhh shrill, i even switched speakers, and still shrill and molar grinding. had the xpa-1 monos. big bulky, and those knight rider like blue meters on the front were making the amp look cheap and low end. as it is. i had them shut off from first warmup.
if you know about class A, im sure you know about that Emo mess |
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