Accuphase class A amps - going up the food chain from an A-48 to an A-80 or A-300?
Earlier this year I acquired Accuphase separates (C-2450 pre-amp, A-48 amp) and have been very happy with them.
We have a decent resale market in Canada for Accuphase products, and I was able to snag a C-2900 pre-amp at a good price this past weekend. We see mostly integrated amps on the resale market here, and current production separates are much harder to find.
The C-2900 sounds noticeably better than the C-2450, and it got me thinking about moving up from the "entry level" A-48 to either the mid-level A-80 or even the top of the line A-300 monoblocks (though size and expense are almost prohibitive).
Does anyone have any experience or advice about moving up from the A-48 to the A-80 or A-300 monoblocks?
BTW Accuphase pricing in Canada is significantly better than in the US - so much so that Canadian Accuphase dealers are not allowed to post prices online for fear of alerting US customers to how unfair pricing is in the US - and Canadian dealers are not allowed to ship to US customers.
I emailed the owner Fabrice about whether one PS-1250 power supply can handle two A-300 monoblocks, and here is his reply (with English translation below): "La PS1250 a été étudié pour supporter aisément deux A300, un C2900 ou C3900 et un lecteur SACD Dp770 voir un combo DP/DC1000. Vous n'aurez jamais de tassement de dynamique car elle travaille comme une centrale électrique qui fabrique le courant à la demande." Here is the English translation: "The PS1250 has been designed to easily support two A300s, a C2900 or C3900 and a Dp770 SACD player or even a DP/DC1000 combo. You will never have any dynamic compression because it works like a power plant that produces current on demand."
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