The End Of Big Iron?


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Once upon a time you could buy a 1,000 wpc, a 900 wpc and a 750 wpc monoblock from Krell. You could buy a 1,000 wpc monoblock from Pass Labs. Now, 575 wpc is the biggest you can get from Krell and 600 wpc is the biggest you can get from Pass Labs. The muscle of flagship amps in those mfgs has been virtually halved. I mean, was 1,000 wpc, 900 wpc, or a 750 wpc amplifier ever necessary? If they were, why are they no longer necessary? What has changed in audio or speaker technology to cause the dwindling of 'muscle' amps?
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mitch4t

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I had a Rogue ST90 with KT120`s (100 Watt), sounded very VERY nice but I felt as though I needed more power for 'Those Occasions' and my Revel F52`s certainly can use up some power. But I was leery of pushing the tube amp too far.

I sold the Rogue and put a Class D Audio SDS-470 in its place (300/600 Watt) for the $$ the Class D 470 reminds me of the NAD 3020 I bought when it first came out.
I Used that 3020 with DCM Time Windows in a small room at the time and the combo was crazy good sounding !

This Class D Audio amp is crazy good too !! Plenty of power, runs cool, looks cool (silver w/blue leds) has great left-right imaging and nice depth and has bass power too.

But I`m realizing 'Those Occasions' don`t happen as often as I thought and I miss the small detailed subtleties, like the cymbals as they fade off/decay and other things that tubes are good at.

Anyway...Now I`m looking for a Rogue Atlas and I`ll keep the Class D here for those other occasions :)