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Jeff Rowland Capri- looking for love.

Can u name some of the used amps (class A or B) from 100- 200w in $1k range that do (or DON'T) mate well with JR Capri preamp?

Finally, Christmas is around the corner, so I'm thinking of bringing out the closet my JR Capri preamp and JR's 102-amp to play around with couple diff small bookshelf sets that I placed in a small 12' x14' listening room. But, the Jeff 102-amp is a 100w class-D type, I kinda wanna go back to class A/B- perhaps, ones with big transformers and weighted like a tank...
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edwyun
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My Capri mates well with Threshold SA/6e monoblocks, Pass Labs, Aleph 2 monoblocks, and even the Pass Labs X5 when used in a pinch for 2-channel.
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nasaman OP
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Thank you Ed. The lesser Threshold SA-150, the Nakamichi Pa-5 and Pa-7 also considered.
Thanks Kijanki.
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nasaman OP
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Has any1 mated Capri with Nad 375Bee amp?
With all the technical relations that Kijanki has listed for the Capri, can it be mated with tubes amps like Cary? Anyone?
guidocorona
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Nasaman, Capri has very low output impedance: 40 Ohms balanced, 80 Ohms unbalanced.... I am going to be very surprised if you ever find an amplifier that is NOT compatible with Capri. Fact is that most any amp, tube, SS, or class D should have no problem at all being driven by Capri. Guido
clio09
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I used a Capri with a set of VAC Auricle Musicblocs. No issues for me and as previously mentioned the impedance matching is not going to present much if any issues for amplifiers. The Capri is a lot of preamp for the money.
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