T+A elektroakustik HV Series Components


T+A stands for Theory and Application.

I'm keeping this broad and open to T+A's HV Series components (HV = High Voltage),

Which (currently) includes two integrated amplifiers, two multi-source players, preamplifier, amplifier, power supply, and SACD/CDP/DAC.

Creating this thread for owners to share their impressions, findings, thoughts, experiences, and questions about their HV components. Comparisons to other T+A Series products are also welcome.
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Showing 6 responses by steve59

This thread has been chugging along for four years now. I’m using a Hegel h590 to drive my kef blades and for the price I can’t complain, I sure would like to get the A3000HV with a quality dac/pre to compare. I can’t justify the price of the SDV3100.

what i'm looking for in my current system is low to mid volume presence. The H590 and blade 1's do a great job at moderate to loud volume buy to get any kind of dynamics the volume needs to be in the 80-90 db range. Maybe it's the way recordings are made idk, but at night it would be nice to have some low volume quality.

Thanks for the replies, I’m looking around the room wondering if I have to much damping on the walls. My next thought is to throw more power at the blades using the A3000HV on top with the H590 pushing the woofers but I can’t find the gain for either amp.

I went on a rampage in the early 90’s and brought home every 150-200 wpc ss amp I could and they all sounded alike. I was shopping at B&K, Adcom, prices so no wonder nothing stood out. Stepping up a little bit a krell kav 300 I’l convinced me not all amps sound the same. It baked 3 times in 5 years so I sold it as a pre, man that was sweet. It’s all trial and error so I’m going to try more power first and if that works I’ll have a path. I like horizontal biamping because it allows me to put a hard brute on the bass and a smooth detailed unit on top. 

The h590 has even a touch more. Maybe I’m asking the impossible trying to get high volume detail and dynamics at low listening levels? My ears probably aren’t sensitive enough anymore but It’s all My systems missing 

I tested my hearing yesterday and found it drops like a rock above 9khz! Believe it or not a couple years ago I could hear to 15 khz, bummer. Apparently head and neck imrt/igrt can dearly effect hearing, so I'm glad I found out what happened to my music and I hope the Dr is right and after time the side effects of treatments revert to normal. It would be like a blind man buying a Porsche right now for me to buy anything. I really hope T&A can hold their water and not raise their prices every quarter as rumored, there's enough out of reach gear out there already.