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The "charactor" of pure Class A?

I have a pair of Clayton M300 in my set up for the next couple of months. Very nice.

I have to admit these are the first Class A amps I have spent any significant amount of time listening to and I am impressed.

My questions is, do Class A amps have a sonic signature of their own?

I like what I am listening to very much, but would like to be able to discern what might be a base class A sound against what Clatyon itself may bring to the sonic whole...

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detlof
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Authority yes and finesse and sweetness, when called for. The early ML-20 monos had it 40 years ago and how wonderful they sounded on the Quads or later the Servo Statics. Anyone remember?
And Ralphs own now on my Sound Labs, which is a difficult load for the MA-2 Mk. III's 220 watts but it easily betters the Siegfrieds in triode mode at about 400 watts and only in pentode mode at 700 those beasts equal the "authority" of Ralph's OTLs and considerably more cost. Just go figure.
detlof
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Hello MrT,
Yes you are right, they were called ML-2s. I had forgotten and yes, they sounded a tad dry, you are right there too, but at that time I could live with that because of their finesse and speed and I stuck with them until I discovered Jadis. You should try to audition a pair of Jadis 30 watt monos for your Quads. You might like them.
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