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Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2
Stephen - is the Constellation a Class D power amp? Seems quite 'light" (<26#) for a Class A/B design.
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No, it's a Class A/B design. The Inspiration power amp is 200 W/pc RMS; the Inspiration integrated amp has the exact-same full circuitry of the Inpiration preamp + "one-half" of the stereo power amplifier's power circuitry, for a conservatively-rated 100 W/pc RMS. All are fully dual-mono throughout.
It's really a wonderful integrated. I had an audio buddy who really knows his music over one evening to listen to it when it had like 10 hours of burn-in on it, and he put on a song by Suzanne Vega. He listened to it quietly and then proclaimed, "That's the finest reproduction of female vocals I've ever heard".
And...this was before it was fully burned in and before I added an Altaira to it. 
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Lumin P1 streamer/DAC/preamp, Constellation Inspiration integrated TT: Michell Gyro SE MkII, SME V, Koetsu Urushi Vermilion, EAR324. Harbeth 30.2s, REL R-305, Shunyata Alpha V2 ICs, Alpha V2 SPs, Sigma XC, Sigma NRv2, Omega QR-s & Alpha NRv2 PCs, segmented Altaira SG stack w/ Alpha & Omega CGCs, Everest 8000 PD. Remote Server Room: Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark Master Clock & LPS, Alita, Battle Angel, (Akasa NUC Roon Core), iFi DC Purifiers (for SMPS used for Alita & router), Shunyata Gemini combo power distributor & Altaira-type CG GP-NR hub, Venom & Alpha CGCs, Shunyata NRv14 power cords for digital components.
Last edited by Puma Cat; 11-24-2023 at 09:48 PM.
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