Bryston is a brand worthy of your shortlist. 20 year warranty to boot.
what's going on with specs?
I'm having a hard time buying a power amp. I'm in the 5-10k range and whae I'm finding are things like PS Audio BHK 250. Specs show 250@8ohms and 500@4ohms. Then the Parasound JC5 shows 400@8ohms and 600@4ohms. Looks like PS Audio doubles at 4 ohms which makes me think it's a stronger amp until I notice the PS Audio spec is at 1 kilohertz and the Parasound measures 20 to 20 kilohertz. That is very confusing and I don't understand why PS Audio doesn't give full power measurements. Anyone with knowledge of these two brands or others. I have the Elac Vela 409s to drive.
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@dconfalone There is some reason a Boulder amp is going to sound better than a Sony receiver and it must show in some measurements.You are mistaken, our audio acuity is much more complex than current science can measure. 2 amps that measure the same but are designed differently will sound different. Also, our individual audio preferences are different. The best way to evaluate a component is to demo it in one’s own system. If you cannot, then you research reviews of the component while taking into account the rest of the audio chain. Component to another component comparisons gives you an idea on which is the best price/performance. After that it’s just a best guess what you’ll like- then roll the dice. Hope I didn’t miss any steps. If you buy used, you can sell it and not lose much $ provided that the component is marketable (enough demand). |
Take a look at the excellent Coda Amplifier, or integrated amp . it has 3 powers to choose from Same price ,for example the lowesr power has the highest amount of 1st watts into pure class-A . 18 1st watts in pure class A , 150wpc ,300, 600 wpc 250,500,, power supplies count , a sealed potted ,not open toroidal transformers,and Huge 3000,va ,and over 80k in capacitance, 120 short term amps on demand , no other amp comes close to this and a very good deal under $5500Mike at Audio Archon will give you a good deal and very natural sounding 10 year warranty, 5 year transferrable ,check it out . |
Once you get beyond ample current flow for a given speaker load, and reasonable output power for a desired volume level, specs have seriously limited value in high end audio. As soon as manufacturers figured out how to build circuits that measured well according to spec rules, they pretty much became moot point....which was decades ago. Specs may have actually been detrimental to sound quality at some point, because good specs became more critical than good sound. Amplifier specs tell you nearly as much about sound quality as dimensions tell you about how comfortable a sofa is. Below is a list of sonic attributes that are accurately described by specs: ;-)
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