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

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

@southofdallas There are class D amps out there now that are every bit as musical as the amps in your original post. Less heat too, and less cost as well.

@atmasphere I know. Those Atmasphere class D are getting

good reviews. The price is a bit high in Europe

but i will consider them too. 

 

I really, really enjoy the sound of my Musical Fidelity A1-2008.  It is a class a amp, 35 wpc.  Gets hot as hell in the summer here in Sin City though. Out of production but MF recently released a 2023 or 4 version of that amp...

I compare my 2008 version amp very favorably to my 25 wpc OTL Tube amp which is a very transparent amp with midrange to die for...