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IMO it is not necessarilly class A vs any other class of amplifier -- but the most important factor is not every amp works best between itself and a particular speaker.
I've heard crappy Class "A" > speaker combos too. They exist. The best bet is to find a amplifier that works with in unison so to speak & not hinder a particular speaker or vice versa. Best Bob
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Good point Bob!
Well taken. These Pass babies are pretty sweet. I have a feeling they could make me give up my 911's. |
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Joe,
If you or your speakers don't need tons of power, and you can accommodate to the heat they generate, there is NOTHING like a well built class A amplifier. Sent from my iPhone using A.Aficionado
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But we are headed towards a warm spring now in Brisbane. So might have to switch to my Bel Cantos soon.
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Doggie,
That's some hunk of metal. Wow! Jerome, I think for most of my listening, I could have gotten away with the XA60.5's or maybe even the XA30.5's. These 100's can boogie. |
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Yeah it's heavy. Almost 60kg I think.
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You mean that they can keep you warm in winter when the furnace goes out? . |
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doggie (do you have a first name, we're friendly here), my first Class A amps that I heard were the 102's from Plinius, the new Wadia gear had just entered the market & ProAc Response 4's were scorching hot as well as wworlds silver cable. After hearing that system I decided that Class A was in my future.
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It's Aiden
I'm running the SA-Reference in the study with a Playback MPS5 as source and an Ayon CD5S as a preamp.
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