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Hybrid - Tube / SS amp capable of sub 1 Ohm loads?

I've done searches and haven't found anything that really discusses this.

There are a few options that I've seen that are Hybrid that will do this, for example:The Conrad Johnson Evolution 2000.

That amp is getting old, is there anything more modern that will accomplish this? Am I chasing a pipe dream here? The Lamm series claims to be able to do it but it will not in reality. I know people that has had these and tried to run them on an Apogee Scintilla and it pooped out.

There might be some tube-amps that can operate with a such load, but they are more voltage driven, not current and the Scintilla needs current.

Thanks

Pete
narkotic

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rodman99999
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I second the Moscode suggestion. The amp has MOS-FET output devices, and they work fine(don't thermally run away)into low impedences.
rodman99999
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Tvad- You're right about the Stereophile results. At 2ohms the Moscode only put out 130W, this after putting out 250w into 8 ohms and 390 watts into 4 ohms. In reading Markotic's first post: It didn't register that he was actually using Scintillas, and I thought he might have a system that simply dipped that low at times(OOPS). Still- with the satisfaction guarantee, it would be hard to go wrong. If he was considering Lamms: It's unlikely the Moscode would be a contender anyway. I based my reply on the MOS-FET amps I've been using over the years to drive my woofers. You could practically arc-weld with them. Too bad a Zobel circuit can't be effectively used to raise an impedence(and still sound good).
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