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| Final Retirement Amplifier-Class A-Upcoming Gryphon Essence Stereo vs Accuphase A75 Thanks rshad0000Yes; I have heard the Diablo 300; very nice sounding integrated, if not the tiniest bit harsh. I heard the Colosseum, extremely natural. That’s why I’m looking class A. The Essence is due first couple of months 2020.Retail will be ... | |
| Any thoughts on GamuT Audio’s current status? Hi bubba12Yes; their stand mount speakers seem overpriced. Generally, their speakers have sounded great at shows. I also very much like the organic sound of their amplifiers. (D-200i dual mono and Di-150 LE integrated). Not sure if Dantax will con... | |
| Any thoughts on GamuT Audio’s current status? Hi Roberjerman:I agree the high end market is brutal and more than difficult for manufacturers and dealers. Some manufacturers have gone to direct sales to allow consumers to purchase at what was dealer cost earlier. We’ll have to see how that wor... | |
| Bridging an amplifier Everyone’s tastes and ears are different, of course. Mr Moncrieff may have, indeed, needed additional haloperidol in 2004, I believe, when that volume of IAR was published. Just found it interesting that his choices for the two most natural SS amp... | |
| Bridging an amplifier For those interested:http://www.iar-80.comJust one reviewers opinion. | |
| Bridging an amplifier Hi bigjoe.I agree with you. Although there are some technical/electrical drawbacks to bridging, if implemented well it can sound as great as any non bridged design. Years back, reviewer Peter Montcrief named his two best sounding solid state ampli... | |
| Bridging an amplifier Hi George:Thank you again for your ‘input’. I’m just wondering why designers/engineers from Constellation, Naim, Clayton, McCormack and other fine manufacturers, who obviously are aware of these compromises, choose to use balanced bridged designs... | |
| Bridging an amplifier I am now aware that some of the finest amplifiers around, including the Constellation Reference series, and Naim Reference series, are also balanced bridged designs. Even Atma-Sphere circlotron circuits are a variant of balanced bridged design. Gr... | |
| Bridging an amplifier Al,Many thanks for your comprehensive and understandable post....very helpful indeed!Thanks to all respondents....I must remember that dedicated Monoblocks designed as internally bridged, with potent power supplies and fully balanced, like Clayto... | |
| Class A Solid State Sound I guess so much relates to implementation.Both Accuphase and Luxman amplifiers enjoy excellent reputations. Accuphase employs Mosfets and toroidal transformers, while their Japanese competitor, Luxman, employs Bipolar transistors and EI transforme... | |
| Class A Solid State Sound Hi George:May I inquire what you might know of those largeindustrial sized NPN mosfets used by GamuT, reported to generate extremely large amounts of current?Nice sounding amplifiers......just curious. Thanks! | |
| Bridging an amplifier After some research I find that some excellent manufacturers that design dedicated internally bridged Monoblocks such as McCormack DNA 500 and Clayton M300/S2000 can build designs that are technically and often sonically superior to units that are... | |
| KT88 tube amp The new KR Audio KT-88s are a bit costly but elevate my VAC Signature 200 iQ Stereo amplifier to a new level. | |
| Class A Solid State Sound Mijostyn: I enjoyed your Under Seige II reference to assumptions.As a close alternative to large class A SS amplifiers, the GamuT series of class AB amplifiers with 1 large industrialsize mosfet per phase (2 large NPN mosfets per channel) also pro... | |
| Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp May want to consider a solid state amplifier with a little more ‘meat on the bones’ to emulate (75% or so) tube sound but maintain the high damping factor and needed power. Consider used GamuT D200 or possibly older Clayton Audio amplifier. Both a... |