Pass....Accuphase....or......
Hi Audiogoners!
I need a new power amp to my Verity Audio Parsifal Ovation (18 watts minimum recommended input power / 8 ohm).
Have a Mark Levinson No.532 that keeps broking down and it's getting too expensive to fix in Europe.
Music: Classical/symphonic and jazz.
Room: 13 x 26
Preamp: Auralic DAC/Pre (but this can change....)
Ideas so far:
Pass Labs XA-25 (hype or really good and powerful enough?)
Accuphase A-48 (too polite?)
If you have a minute....I need ideas in that price range...+/- $$. Thanks!
I really, really enjoy the sound of my Musical Fidelity A1-2008. It is a class a amp, 35 wpc. Gets hot as hell in the summer here in Sin City though. Out of production but MF recently released a 2023 or 4 version of that amp... I compare my 2008 version amp very favorably to my 25 wpc OTL Tube amp which is a very transparent amp with midrange to die for...
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I don’t need google to tell me that 89 db speakers with a minimum 4 ohm load is not considered highly efficient.... BTW, try the Parsifals with an SET and get back to me on how that works out for you. I actually owned the speakers so maybe I know a little more about them than you do. |
@ozzy62 I got the message. I agree with you. This speakers are not the sensitive kind.... Maybe the A-48 is the minimum. I always try to buy amps that double the power at half the impedance (BIG power supplies). In my experience they sound best, have more "air" and dynamics. I am just trying to avoid Mark Levinson this time...too much "Luxury" audio for my taste / wallet. What power amp did you use with the Parsifals? |
When I first got them I had a 300B amp that I immediately sold because I knew that wouldn't work. I borrowed a friends 60 wpc CJ amp and it sounded ok at low volume, but fell apart when goosed a little. I then bought a pair of 150 wpc Tsakaridis Apollo KT120 monos. This was much better. But the best I heard the Parsifals was using an Smc heavily modified DNA 0.5 (now GT-24 version). The high current of this amp was great with the speakers. |
