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Solid State Low powered Amplifiers

My quest is to find a SS low powered amplifier to use in the Summer months, in place of Tube and Class A amplification … I have Klipsch Cornwall 4s and limited AC in my hot TN listening room for 4-5 months. I know it will be hard to match the sound I get from tube and Class A …on a solid-state amp and I am wondering if I’m looking in the right place for a “10 W per channel” solid-state amplifier which I don’t even know if they make. The Cornwall speakers are 102 DB sensitivity.

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jeffseight
574 posts
 

+1 on AVA

decooney
1,905 posts
 

ok I will put it out there. many of the FirstWatt amps could work, they come up used.

 

Model Stereo/Mono Output8 Ohm Output4 Ohm Feed-back Output Ohms Input Ohms Input Bal/SE Distortion % Noise UV GAINdB Mosfet / Jfet / SIT SE PP Available New?

SIT-4

S

10w

5w

N

4

100K

SE

0.6

75

20

S

SE

  

F8

S

25w

15w

Y

0.2

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

SIT-3

S

18w

30w

N

0.26

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

F7

S

20w

30w

Y

0.08

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

F6

S

25w

50w

Y

0.5

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

SIT-1

M

10w

8w

N

4

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

SIT-2

S

25w

8w

Y

0.4

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

J2

S

25w

13w

Y

0.4

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

M2

S

25w

40w

N

0.4

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

F5

S

25w

40w

Y

0.1

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

F4

S

25w

40w

N

0.2

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

F3

S

15w

10w

Y

1

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

F2

S

5w

10w

N

15

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

F2J

S

5w

10w

N

15

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

F1

S

10w

7w

N

80

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

F1J

S

10w

7w

N

60

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

Aleph J

S

25w

13w

Y

0.4

100K

SE

0.02

100

15

J

SE

  

 

au_lait
335 posts
 

FIRST WATT

larryi
3,740 posts
 

I very much liked the sound of First Watt amps if one must run solid state.  However, both of the amps I heard-J2 and SIT 2–ran a bit warm.  I would think you would be more in the market for a Class D amp.

riccitone
218 posts
 

So many great amps listed here, makes me want to get a set of super efficient speakers just to try one. But what about the offerings from Fleawatt? Many threads out there about how great they work with Klipsch speakers.  Well designed and affordable chip based amps with a very special output stage:

 

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