question to Plinius Amp owner


Just curious to know what is the sounding difference you experience when you switch between class A and class AB? I guess this comparison might be more objective since the rest of circuit is the same except the bias. Can you confortably draw the conclusion that class a mode is better in every aspect ?
Thanks!
cdma
The hotter the amp runs, the more bias drift you can get. Couple that with a low-feedback design and you will need readjustments pretty often.
Old thread, I know. But I could (and others who listened) detect the difference that class A made on my legacy (old, retired, sold) Martin Logan Summits over class a/b.

What I always remembered was that in class a, the voices/imaging were tighter with less fuzz around the imaging. It was very evident and easily detectable.

And this was within about 5 seconds of switching.
Caveat to my statement above... Could hardly tell with less responsive speakers like sonus faber Cremona 1... Could not tell.

But on the summits.... Nearly instant I could tall we were in class a. I'd get up and turn the switch then sat down . As I sat down the sound just physically changes and in 5 seconds I'm in full class a.