@tomic601 That's interesting... Mrdecibel convinced me to stay away from the Job, suggesting it would have similar difficulty, owing to the low impedance of my speakers, dropping down to 3.1 ohms, according to claims by one owner of Tekton Moabs. I also understand they not longer make the Job 225, and I understand this might be related to design flaws and reliability. I've heard a variety of reliability comments on the Job, and your comments come out on the positive side...
It seems the Job would have an easier time supporting LARGE LOUD bass notes, like the kind that open the live version of Styx's "Snowblind" (song 5, on the first disc), on their Caught in the Act, album. I'm actually more 'asking' if the Job amp would do better, specifically in terms of handling LOUD BASS and in managing heat at louder play. The Nuforce STA200 is wonderful, vivid, clear, particularly skilled in rendering the music and imparting a feeling of the space, but things shift a bit when I'm asking for average delivery levels of 90+ db, with peaks in high 90's or above. Give it an hour in that territory and the heat sinks are VERY hot, maybe not burning, but very hot, and the entire chassis is also hot. I've always brought the volume level down at that point and things seem to cool well.
I want to clarify that aside from the heat, the other issue is that I want to be able to play the very biggest bass notes without difficulty. The NuForce does not play Royals by Lorde particularly well. I do not pursue this kind of music but rarely, but if I'm going to buy another amp, I think I want it to be able to handle the big stuff. That's the primary motivation, although I'm intrigued by class d. As mentioned, things are too hot in my home for tubes, during the summer. This is why I've got what some are reporting is an excellent low-cost decently powered class D amp heading this way...
It seems the Job would have an easier time supporting LARGE LOUD bass notes, like the kind that open the live version of Styx's "Snowblind" (song 5, on the first disc), on their Caught in the Act, album. I'm actually more 'asking' if the Job amp would do better, specifically in terms of handling LOUD BASS and in managing heat at louder play. The Nuforce STA200 is wonderful, vivid, clear, particularly skilled in rendering the music and imparting a feeling of the space, but things shift a bit when I'm asking for average delivery levels of 90+ db, with peaks in high 90's or above. Give it an hour in that territory and the heat sinks are VERY hot, maybe not burning, but very hot, and the entire chassis is also hot. I've always brought the volume level down at that point and things seem to cool well.
I want to clarify that aside from the heat, the other issue is that I want to be able to play the very biggest bass notes without difficulty. The NuForce does not play Royals by Lorde particularly well. I do not pursue this kind of music but rarely, but if I'm going to buy another amp, I think I want it to be able to handle the big stuff. That's the primary motivation, although I'm intrigued by class d. As mentioned, things are too hot in my home for tubes, during the summer. This is why I've got what some are reporting is an excellent low-cost decently powered class D amp heading this way...