Really dumb question about Atmasphere amps

If a monoblock is gonna live down behind the speakers, wouldn't it make the most sense to have the IC input toward the rear, and the speaker outputs toward the front? Doesn't doing it the other way 'round defeat the advantage of shorter internal wiring, by requiring a longer speaker cable? I also like what I've seen of certain amps that place the jacks on the sides instead of the front and back - this makes space-saving design sense when you consider how deep some monoblocks are to begin with.

Zaikesman - that is exactly what I thought. Maybe you can just turn the amp around - would look a bit funny, though and biasing wouldn't be to easy ,either.

Finally, I get to answer a question on Audiogon with a definative answer. This is not a "dumb" question. How do I know this? Because I asked exactly the same question to Ralph Karsten (head of Atmasphere) when I first saw the S30 at the HiFi-99 show in Chicago. The reason for the layout is to keep the signal path as short as possible. The input connectors are right next to the input tubes which are just in front of the output tubes so the signal path is a "staight line" of sorts. With most owners of the monoblocks this is a non-issue as they usually have the amps on separate stands near the speakers. My S30 is on my equipment rack, sideways, using 1 meter interconnects.

FWIW, I'll second the sonic opinions already voiced. Great sonics, great bargain.

Can one provide me the web site of atmasphere?
my Virgo is 4 ohm, and I wonder whether it will match with
atamsphere or not?
thanks

Tim

Tim, go to the "Manufacturer List" area of A-Gon for links.