I agree with 8th Note. If you can't build a sublime, balls to the wall system around a Krell KSA300 amp, there's something you're doing wrong. Save some money, fine tune with your preamp and build with your ears.
Pure Class A amps above 100 Watts?
What are the best options in Pure Class A amps above at least 100 watts in 8 ohms? The ones I know of are:
1) Pass Labs XA100.5
2) Pass Labs XA100.8 (and above)
3) Accuphase A-200
4) Soulution 530
Any others? Im trying to keep it under $10K, which the first two options can be had for used.
1) Pass Labs XA100.5
2) Pass Labs XA100.8 (and above)
3) Accuphase A-200
4) Soulution 530
Any others? Im trying to keep it under $10K, which the first two options can be had for used.
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These might be hard to find used, but great amps! Power for days! 125wpc Class A. 400wpc AB. A great value that disappeared all too soon. http://www.aragonav.com/palladium-1k-klipsch |
mikethehunterguy Sorry Mike impossible, a 400w Class-A/B amp with 125w of Class-A bias would have to have heatsinking 10 x more of what they have on this. At a guess that heatsink with the rail volts needed for 400w a/b, could accommodate at most around 20-30watt of Class-A, without any serious fan forced cooling. As the rail volts go up for more A/B wattage, the Class-A heat factor to be dissipated goes up exponentially for each watt of class-A I built a 200w A/B amp that had 150w of Class-A bias, the only way was to water cool it. It was the size of a coffee table, and a 2 man lift. Cheers George |
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