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PS Audio BHK 250 Power Amp owners?

I am considering some upgrades to my system, planning to go with a set of Magnepans and the right amp to drive them.

Reading about various powerful amps to drive Magnepans as they need, I am curious about the BHK250, which is hybrid amp with tube input stage and then a transistor output stage.  Being designed by Bascom King, it must be at least very good, if not excellent.  Instead of a Krell or Levinson or Pass amp I am thinking that a hybrid BHK amp might do the imaging part better than straight solid state while still supplying enough juice for the Magnepans.

So I would like to ask if any users here have or have had the BHK250, how you liked it, what speakers you drove with it.  And if you got rid of it, what were the main reasons.  

troidelover1499
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dconfalone
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I'm not sure it does fully double into 4 ohms. That seems to be what PS Audio has on it's site but if you look in the manual you will find something different. And when asked about the 250 driving difficult loads Mr King said "Well music is transient." I'm not sure what to think about BHK 250.

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dconfalone
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I'm not sure it does fully double into 4 ohms. That seems to be what PS Audio has on it's site but if you look in the manual you will find something different. And when asked about the 250 driving difficult loads Mr King said "Well music is transient." I'm not sure what to think about BHK 250.

cio52
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I've owned my BHK 250 amp for a couple years now.  I really like the amp and believe the tubed input stage helps the sound quality when it comes to providing a rich and lively sound from my DALI Epicon 8 speakers.  The speakers are rated at 5ohms and 89db so they are an easy load for the BHK amp.  When I had Maggie MG12's with 2 subs (Mcintosh c45 and mc352 amp) the treble was really too hard.  So I cant tell you that larger Maggies (MG12's were 54" tall) have more or less strident treble since I only had the MG12 but Trumpet, Alto/Soprano Sax and Vibes were very bright.  I think the BHK amp would be a better match than my Mcintosh MC352 for Maggies.

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