Class A or AB amp for JBL S4700 speakers


Which should I go for and why? Brands I'm looking at are Accuphase, Pass Labs, and maybe McIntosh.
dave_72
There's no need for anybody to wait for any article. There's no "mystery" here. You will prefer the Pass to your Bryston. It's not that Pass Labs makes a great amp...it's just that it's good enough to outperform the Bryston.

You've got such good speakers, it's a shame you're wasting your time on such average electronics.
I think you are right, but it also depends about the speakers a person owns and how the stage is build.

Pass Labs builds a wider and deeper stage than any Bryston. I always say: without depth there is no highend sound.

The Pass has a much bigger pallet of colors in the mid freq. which need ot be there for the absolute sound.

When you have spakers which cannot build a deeo stage this part and advantage will not be there even if you use a Pass. I don't know this JBL speaker, so I cannot judge.

The better soundrealism also depends on the level and quality of a source and cables. It is not that easy to say!