How about a Schiit Vidar? At 100 watts/ch, it is a shade more powerful than your 80 watt spec, but definitely class AB and 22 lbs and a fairly small footprint. (In my case, I have their class A Aegir which is much lower power, but all of their amps have excellent sound quality.)
Best sounding low power (under 80watts) Class AB amp?
What the world needs is a nice sounding lower power class AB amplifier under 35lbs. I'm tired of power sucking light-bulb dimming Class A designs and 80+ pound Class AB immovable boat anchors on dollies. Tubes and Class D need not apply.
An Audio Research 100.2, CJ MF-80/MF-2250 come to mind. What else is there?
What do you think? I'm I the only one?
--Sensible in Springfield.
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@hi2alex2 -- what are you talking about? The Vidar has left and right RCA line inputs -- the same as my Aegir which I'm listening to right now. The only reason there is also a XLR input is if you wish to use the amp in mono mode for higher power output, and then you'd need two Vidars for stereo operation. |
Just looked at my Aegir and the RCA inputs seem very solid to me. Not sure what your problem is with this unless you plan on plugging/unplugging the amp dozens of times a day. Or bashing the back of the amp, in which case the speaker connections of just about any amp are far more at risk than the RCA inputs. But, we all have our own quirks. Hope you find something that works. |