Do I esentially have a class A amp?

Ruunin and Digepix,
I think both of you are listening to class A power most of the time if your listening levels are usually in the mid 70-80s db range C weighted.You`re often using less power than you realize.

"Often amp with poor specifications has wonderful sound" so true.

I believe that example is classic in its representing the "major" discrepancy in actual sound performance vs lab measurements. If one were to judge the Kron amplifier on measured results alone it would be deemed an undeniable failure. Michael Fremer found it to be one of the very best,convincing, captivating and "realistic" music reproducing amps he`s ever heard! Thanks Unsound, that entire review and followup was quite interesting.Based on listening the review was an utter rave.

Unsound,
That you may have different listening preferences from Fremer, me or someone else is understood and a given. One could look at our two systems and conclude we likely hear things very differently and that`s perfectly ok in this subjective realm.

Given the very poor lab testing of the Kron you`d think no way could anyone find such an amplifier to sound even remotely decent,not to mention "captivating and among the very best".

Kijanki,
Bravo! What you wrote has been confirmed by many who simply use their
ears. Those supposedly impressive specifications made possible with
increasing NFB don't result in high quality sound IMO.

Unsound,
Unquestionably measurements and specifications have their vital place and are needed for the reasons you state. What Kijanki and others recognize is the inadequacies of measurements to determine the most important aspect of audio components, their sound. Ironically the better some specifications become, the perceived sound quality diminishes, the converse has also been observed.