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Red Wine 30.2 Power amp

I have placed an order for the RW 30.2 and will do the old A/B comparison with my Audio Note P3 Silver 300B amp.

Having both the battery powered Dodd pre and ASR Exclusive Phono has won me over to "keeping off the Grid". My AN amp does have the 300B hum going on from the transformers.

Any RW 30.2 owners have any thoughts on this amp when paired with Zu 101dB. speakers (or any for that matter) and what I might hear in the RW amp?
glory

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paulfolbrecht
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Glory,

I'm interested in your impressions as well.

I owned a RW Sig 30. It is an excellent, excellent amp - the closest thing to SET I'd found. But I found it a bit dark and closed-in; not as holographic nor as harmonically correct as good SET amps.

I am very surprised your AN amp hums - NOT the norm.

It's entirely possible to built a dead-silent amp with an AC power supply too. There are solid state and tube amps that have a better S/N ratio than the RW product. Batteries are a good idea but not a panacea.
paulfolbrecht
603 posts
 
Glory,

Thanks for the feedback. I do not doubt there is a lot of difference between the 30 and 30.2. I also don't doubt that it's a superb amp. However, I'm rather confident I'd still prefer SET, especially given your comment that tonality is not quite up to par. That is #1 in my book.

(FYI - It turns out I have a dealer 1 mi from me carrying the new Zu speakers - so I can hear them first-hand.)
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