Class A to class ab they usually have a few watts in class a
there are Waay to many variables in design to discount any very well built
amplifier ,
Ron at New record day ? He tests things many times what I would not consider fully runin having been in audio over 40 years and owning a Audio store in the past ,knowing all about upgrades,mods, and modding my own Loudspeakers .
digital I give at least 3-350 hours before any serious evaluation ,
amplifiers at least 250 hours for the iron or metals ,and capacitors need to season or settle in ,
vacuum tube ttransformers can take over 400 , preamps I sold Aesthetixs and That was unusually long .I was telling people to stop putting their preamp up for sale after 3 weeks ,for the huge power supplies and Bitch Teflon caps ,teflon in general takes hundreds of hours and the Rel caps a solid 400 .
Chris at VH audio tells you his Teflon caps goes through sometimes drastic changes
up to 500 hours . Just to give you examples of extremes . Also
to make a comparison to something from memory a year ago impossible,and many reviewers don’t even use the same cables, and or speakers sourses ,
to me Thst is impossible ,you need to have the same cables speakers to compare whatever it is , that makes sense to be fairly objective.I have read reviews were reviewers used different interconnects or power cords to get the best voicing which I do for my own gear .but if reviewing if you are going to do That explain how it changed the sonics . That’s why I say read as many reviews as possible before buying anything ,and even if it has a great rating ,you may still have to work at it to get the best synergy in your system. I did a demo with 6 people at a audio get together using 5 different power cords ,it was impressive
Just how much a quality power cord all different brands,prices can alter the sonic
perspective ,and soundstaging and detail.
there are Waay to many variables in design to discount any very well built
amplifier ,
Ron at New record day ? He tests things many times what I would not consider fully runin having been in audio over 40 years and owning a Audio store in the past ,knowing all about upgrades,mods, and modding my own Loudspeakers .
digital I give at least 3-350 hours before any serious evaluation ,
amplifiers at least 250 hours for the iron or metals ,and capacitors need to season or settle in ,
vacuum tube ttransformers can take over 400 , preamps I sold Aesthetixs and That was unusually long .I was telling people to stop putting their preamp up for sale after 3 weeks ,for the huge power supplies and Bitch Teflon caps ,teflon in general takes hundreds of hours and the Rel caps a solid 400 .
Chris at VH audio tells you his Teflon caps goes through sometimes drastic changes
up to 500 hours . Just to give you examples of extremes . Also
to make a comparison to something from memory a year ago impossible,and many reviewers don’t even use the same cables, and or speakers sourses ,
to me Thst is impossible ,you need to have the same cables speakers to compare whatever it is , that makes sense to be fairly objective.I have read reviews were reviewers used different interconnects or power cords to get the best voicing which I do for my own gear .but if reviewing if you are going to do That explain how it changed the sonics . That’s why I say read as many reviews as possible before buying anything ,and even if it has a great rating ,you may still have to work at it to get the best synergy in your system. I did a demo with 6 people at a audio get together using 5 different power cords ,it was impressive
Just how much a quality power cord all different brands,prices can alter the sonic
perspective ,and soundstaging and detail.