Specs on PSE Studio Mark IV

I've used my PSE with virtually every combination. Currently it is powering my whole house audio system. It is an amazing difference when compared to the last 2 amps I used (QSC & Yamaha).
It was an amazing match with my Vandersteens but a little soft with Soliloquys. It should be an amazing match to Thiels. I've used it with pre's from Sherbourne, Yamaha, Denon, Audio Research (2B & 6C), Anthem and cd direct. I'm yet to find a source I haven't liked. The closest I'd compare it to is a Robertson twenty twenty.

Keep it, play with it. 100 wpc at 8ohms. 4 ohms wasn't quite double if I recall. Sorry, no manual.

I have a PSE Studio IV driving Vandy 2CIs in a small office setting. It is an absolutely transparent amp with smooth extended trebles and deep, rich bass tones. Anyone that owns this amp will probably never want to give it up.

The specs are:

Output Operation is A/AB
Continuous Average is 100 watts into 8 ohms and 195 watts into 4 ohms
Current is 18 amps continuous into 8 ohms for over 1 minute
Rated THD is 0.01%
Rated Slew Rate is 100 V/uS
Rated Power Bandwidth is 0 hz to 100 khz
All direct coupled (no capacitors in the signal path)
Front end uses Class A FET which means high input impedance (which avoids interaction with cables and preamps)
Amp is stable into all speaker loads

There is a Stereophile Review of this amp (VOl.13, No.1, (Jan. 1990)

Hi Guys,
Thank you so much for the information. I remember an audio saleman telling me a long time ago that a good amp will really make a big difference in sound. I sort of blew him off until I got the PSE a couple of years ago. It is incredible with my Thiels. I plan on keeping the PSE for a a long, long time. I've finally gotten to the point of wanting to play around with the front end of the system.

I made a couple of simple attenuator lines to test the input from the cd player directly into the amp and could hear a distinct difference even though it used ultra cheap rca cable, $3.00 pots from Radio Shack, crap solder, and a less then good soldering job. The 10K pots do the trick. Hopefully in a couple of weeks and I'll have the parts that I'll need and have the box put together.

Thanks again,

Chris

The PSE studio IV has been in my setup for almost 20 years driving my Vandersteen 2ci's. The amp is now driving a pair of Magnepan 3.6r planars with good sound.

I'm hoping to find another studio IV to bi-amp these power hungry Maggies.