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!
@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. |
@ozzy62 Thanks. I sure like to test one of those SMc-amps some day.... Who knows, there's maybe a couple here in Europe somewhere.... |
@southofdallas Something to consider: In most rooms if you need more than 100 Watts to make the speaker fly, the speaker is likely impractical. This is for the simple fact that, to make the speaker sound twice as loud you'll need 10x more power; in this case 1000 Watts. Its much easier to build a lower power amp that can sound like real music. |
