Is this for real?

https://www.stereophile.com/content/wavac-sh-833-monoblock-power-amplifier-measurements


They were reviewed in Stereophile some years ago, JA was not exactly overwhelmed by their measured performance :-)

Good Listening


Peter

He probably couldn't afford them. These are thought by many to be among the very best.

Doubt that they can compete with my Realistc receiver with 8-Track and AM/FM built in!

So...you can buy these amps or a house.  Well, the new ones, anyway...the amps, that is....

I guess I'll just have to get used to being a tasteless philistine with tin ears.

There are those that live in the clouds.

And there are those of us with anti-aircraft weapons. *L*

https://www.stereophile.com/content/wavac-sh-833-monoblock-power-amplifier-measurements

If I remember right these Wavac 833 were on the front cover of Stereophile side by side with a pair of Agostio’s Krell Monoblocks, and underneath it said (because of the measurements)

"If one of these amps is right, the other one is wrong"

This got me thinking, so I obtained a circuit of the smaller bother Wavac 805 mono blocks
https://www.wavac-audio.jp/md805mk2_e.shtml
still massive and built a pair (35kg each). I had them for a couple of months and sold them, as my Krell type monoblocks were better in every area, except for that tube colouration in the mids, which is beguiling for a short time, but not long lasting.

Cheers George