How about a Coda S5.5. The quality is just as good as Pass labs and they sound amazing. I have a #8 and it's amazing!
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!
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@toronto416 how did the sound improved with the Parcifals going from class AB to A? Would you recommend class A? |
I heard A75, pushing Fyne speakers. Warm, musical, extended high, rich mid, dark background and big SS. Bass is nimble but not as 'punchy' as some class A/B or D amps. Never heard Pass but both pure class A are supposed to be excellent performers. Both are able to maintain high current / wattage output at impedance even down to 2 ohm, with an output efficiency up to 100%. The S/N ratio of Accuphase is higher relative to Pass (117 vs 97 dB weighted). |
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