Recommend me a Class A Integrated Amp (or sound like Class A amp)


I have been rocking a Cabasse Riga setup with a Sony TA-A1ES (a heavily biased Class A design outputting first 15 watts as Class A). I absolutely love the clarity and natural sound of it. I’ve decided to keep to Class A to upgrade if possible because the Riga does not need a lot of juice to drive.

Accuphase Class As are eye-watering expensive in my country, but thankfully Esoteric prices their Class A F-03A at much more reasonable $8600 USD. Luxman unfortunately has stopped producing Class As, so they are out of equation and besides strangely they are more expensive than Esoteric in my country. Pass Labs, well, way out of my budget.

So, for around $8600 USD or less what are my other options if I want a similar sound to Class A without going down the tube route?

I’ve heard the new HifiRose RA180 sounds quite class A like. And I think the Yamaha AS series sound quite close as well. Any more options should I consider? The pricing of other brands should be similar to US.

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we are a cabasse dealer two exceptional integrated amos

 

krell k300i

unison research único 150

 

a true sleeper amazing sound warm hybrid great swing and dynamics

 

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect  nj

displaying cabasse dealer

krell and unison

 

 

we have sold almost all the brands under discussion here

 

we have sold both luxman and plinius

the coda csib beat both of those

 

the krell is warmer then the coda the krell has s a fantastic dac and streamer for 1k as a board upgrade.

if you have any questions please reach out to us he have a huge range of integrated amps

the k300is dac is extremely good you would have to spend 3to 5k to get a better dac and streamer.as a package the k300i with the dac board is a stunning value. 

 

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect nj

integrated amplifier specialists

krell coda hegel unison research anthem rega are just some of the integrated amps we have on active display