What multi channel amp sounds like a Class A two channel?

California Audio Labs runs class A for the first 50 watts into each of 5 channels. It sounds a lot like Mark Levinson stuff to me. You may want to check Widescreen Review for information. I remain very impressed by the amp. It retails for 7500.00 new and I honestly feel that it would be worth that if it were only a two channel amp.

...theoretically speaking -- none of them sounds like class A. There is a large heat interferance between the active stages of multichanell amplifier that will cause the offset point of the active elements displacesd. The best thing is to use 5 class A monoblocks!

Thanks for the ideas. I'll check out the Classe and Cal Audio Labs.

I realized recently that this is a cost thing for me. If I had only one system I would buy more monoblocks or dual mono's, but, I'm not comfortable with another 10 to 20K of amps this year. I've been really bad and dropped a bundle and want to slow down for a little while.

best wishes,

Bill E.

Marakanetz, The Musical Fidelity amp does have 5 seperate monoblocks . Maybe that's part of the reason behind the superb sound quality.

lakefrontroad: there are any number of highend manufacturers who now offer 6-channel amps. most of these i've seen are simply one-offs of what were designed as 2-channel amps. unless you're gonna' have a 5, 6 or 7 channel ht with upstream and downstream components equal to your 2 channel sound system, why do you care that the quality of your ht amps are as good as those you don't need eyes to perceive? -kelly