Pass....Accuphase....or......


Hi Audiogoners!

I need a new power amp to my Verity Audio Parsifal Ovation (18 watts minimum recommended input power / 8 ohm).

Have a Mark Levinson No.532 that keeps broking down and it's getting too expensive to fix in Europe. 

Music: Classical/symphonic and jazz.

Room: 13 x 26

Preamp: Auralic DAC/Pre (but this can change....)

Ideas so far:

Pass Labs XA-25 (hype or really good and powerful enough?)

Accuphase A-48 (too polite?)

If you have a minute....I need ideas in that price range...+/- $$. Thanks!

 

southofdallas

Showing 9 responses by ozzy62

Like I said above, probably not enough power. Make sure you can audition before purchase or buy it used.

Your room is almost the same size as mine. Last year I briefly owned the Parsifal Ovation, great speaker BTW. I have my doubts that the XA25 will be enough. It depends on what you listen to and how loud. The Parsifal is a pretty demanding speaker IMHO. More (and quality) power will be rewarded.

@jc4659 

I have tried to drive this point home to the OP in two separate posts. I fear it will go unheeded.

they are highly sensitive speakers, why not a tube amp?

Because they are not highly sensitive speakers.

They aren't even mildly sensitive speakers.......

What power amp did you use with the Parsifals?

When I first got them I had a 300B amp that I immediately sold because I knew that wouldn't work. I borrowed a friends 60 wpc CJ amp and it sounded ok at low volume, but fell apart when goosed a little. I then bought a pair of 150 wpc Tsakaridis Apollo KT120 monos. This was much better. But the best I heard the Parsifals was using an Smc  heavily modified DNA 0.5 (now GT-24 version). The high current of this amp was great with the speakers.

you can google what highly sensitive is before you comment

I don’t need google to tell me that 89 db speakers with a minimum 4 ohm load is not considered highly efficient....

BTW, try the Parsifals with an SET and get back to me on how that works out for you. I actually owned the speakers so maybe I know a little more about them than you do.

You are confusing facts with your opinion.
But you can just ignore my comments that would serve us best.

No, I'd really rather not ignore your comments. I find them perplexing and amusing all at the same time. This is a speaker that you have no direct experience with. And obviously your reading comprehension isn't very good either.

Why don't you tell me how a speaker with such technical specifications as the Verity Audio Parsifal Ovation can qualify as "highly sensitive".

 

Go ahead. I'll be here waiting.....

 

Ahh, there it is.

You have extolled some information that has no merit and now you say you won't (I say you can't) back it up. You were the one who challenged my post regarding the sensitivity of this speaker. I gave you facts to validate that assertion and you continue to disagree. You told me it's just my opinion and the facts prove otherwise.

Well what are those facts?

 

 

If @grislybutter is right, the OP should be checking out some good SET amps. Why mess around with these Class A SS amps, go straight to a good 2A3.