Krell Amps vs others

As above, regarding "clas A" & how much of it we really get.

Other than Bear's Symphony1, another amp that runs in A for a long time is the Symphonic Line Kraft 250 (stereo & monos: the latter offer ~250 A instantaneous @ peaks). BUT, like Bear's amp, they are huge and heavy (+150pds each), and UNLIKE Bear's amp, they are ugly. But they produce prodigious bass and natural harmonics in the upper end...

Why am I missing the 'older' Levinson gear here?
IMHO, the 20.6s still rock ....

You might also consider the sunfire amps, not exactly class A but what the hell. I have heard nothing but good things about Pass, but I have heard some krell KSA's and they are amazing. Also though not class A, what about the big Bryston amps 7Bsst? A great amp and more affordable also reliable! Since you are asking about class A amps have you experinced the Heat generated by true class A devices? It is something to consider. On the nelson pass website he claims something like for a true class A device you should expect an amp to weigh something like 2 pound for every watt of power that is very heavy and I know of two people granted they are in thier 50's that have damaged thier backs moving large amps(no joke!). Good luck!

Jeff

I run a krell Ksa250 0n my large power hungry speakers. jffyg is right on the money regarding weight and heat of class a high power amps. My amp is 150 lbs. and runs very warm to the touch. My book states that it can put out 2000 watts into 1 ohm load. I think that ware all these big super power amps really shine on large power hungry speakers is at low volume listening. They sound just as good at two or three watts as they do at hundreds of watts.

try krell krs100or krs200 ,or lamm m1.1, they are pure
class A all the way and sound awsome.