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Electrocompaniet Nemo

Have anyone heared these amplifiers?
If you have, what did you think of them compared to others and what other equipment was in the chain?
I interested since I have a change the get a pair at a very reasonable price.

Thanks in advance

Ulrik G. Madsen
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twilo
357 posts
 
Correction, I wrote My friend has the Nemos are there great amps.
I meant to say, My friend has the Nemos and they are great sounding amps. They sound very smooth and dont get hot at all. I'm just trying to figure out, how come the amps dont get hot, when their Class A amps.
unsound
7,315 posts
 
I honestly don't believe EC's claims of Class A operation. I used a very nice EC integrated for a short while. For a supposed Class A amp section, it didn't run hot, and didn't have much in the way of heat sinks. Still a pretty decent sounding piece for what it was (or wasn't?).
twilo
357 posts
 
Unsound, thats what i was thinking that the Nemo amps are not pure Class A. I'm using the Ayre V1 amp which is a Class A/AB amp. Its one of the best sounding solid state amps. But you put your hand on the V1 amp and its very hot.
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stringreen
6,376 posts
 
Twilo...I too am using the Ayre V1xe. Your post about the amp getting hot is a puzzelment - you must be driving it pretty hard. My amp gets warm, but never hot.
doug99
288 posts
 
Twilo your Ayre amplifier actually runs in Class A most of the time - thats why it gets so hot.
Read this review of the Ayre V1 amplifier from 99.
http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/ayre_v1.htm
The Ayre Conditioner doesn’t cool the amp, which is a shame since it is biased to spend most its working time in class A.
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