Accuphase amps


I'm trying to read up on Accuphase amps and integrated amps across various forums and looking to see if anybody out there has some knowledge and history of the Accuphase line and what era and models are considered maybe better than others and if the house sound ever changed. There seems to be a TON of models over the years so if anybody had any experience they'd like to share on what amps from Accuphase you've had or tried and with what speakers that would be greatly appreciated. 

My current setup is a Melody AN845 set amp powering a pair of Klipsch KI-396's that are basically two way speakers with a huge horn and 15" driver that goes down to 60hz so I have a couple of Rythmik subs I incorporate. They're 101db efficient so I don't need a lot of power and the 22 wattts or so from the Melody is more than enough so I'm curious about the Class A offerings from Accuphase in particular. 
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Showing 1 response by mijostyn

Accuphase may have been the very first high end Japanese manufacturer imported to America. I owned one of their first CD players. It was my first CD player which I bought in 1980 I think. Every CD player I’d heard before that sounded like crap to me but the Accuphase sounded like a tube unit, no harshness at all. After hearing it my think was, "crap, vinyl is dead." The unit weighed 40 lb and was of the absolute finest construction in it’s day. It had the fastest transport I have ever used. The CD drawer came out almost before you pushed the button. Their current equipment is of the same quality and I have no problem recommending it to any one if you afford the price of admission. It is worth every penny.

Mike