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| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS Moribus, thank you. That really clarifies it. Am I correct in assuming that power increases by ss amps into lower impedances is not determined by Class of operation? | |
| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS Unless I missed something, everything in these aritcles suggest that the Krell's are capable of maintaining Class A operation as they double down, but, they don't actually make that claim. As for me, I believe they do. Wretched excess? I love it! ... | |
| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS Chuck, I think your right about single ended amps being less likely to produce as much power as push/pull, but, when it comes to solid state the differences aren't as great as in tube amps....... I'd still like to know if those ss amps that are to... | |
| Purpose of Decanters? Actually some people put marbles that have been steralized then brought down to room temperature into their decanters to raise the level of the liquid to force air out of the decanter to help preserve any unused wine. Care must be used in order no... | |
| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS I shouldn't have singled out Monarchy for "confusion" with re: to rated power out-put. One of Pass' amps failed to achieve rated power during a test by Stereophile. | |
| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS Chuck, even single ended Class A amps are capable of respectable power out-put. The solid state single ended Class A Pass Aleph 1's power ratings: 150 Watts > 8 Ohms, 300 watts > 4 Ohms, 600 Watts > 2 Ohms. Of course these amps were expen... | |
| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS I'm pretty sure its push pull. Other than Pass and Monarchy I don't know of any other single ended Class A solid state amplifier manufacturers. | |
| Purpose of Decanters? A decanter also allows one to judge the color before the wine is in the glass. | |
| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS Chuck, all early Krell's were Class A. Some newer ones (IMHO the only real Krells) are as well, but, use their proprietery sliding bias scheme. I still think these sliding bias amps can make good on their Class A claim. The very early Krells used ... | |
| Purpose of Decanters? A captain's decanters design lowers the center of gravity so that it is less likely to spill during rough seas. It has been romoured that alcohol can leach the leach lead out of some old lead crystal decanters. Some decanters meant for spirits can... | |
| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS Real Krells can double down and down again from their rated power. I'm not sure if they maintain full Class A operation as they do. I sure would like to find out though. | |
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| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS Onemug, Jon recently told me the same thing re: a different Class A/AB Threshold amp. | |
| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS Chuck, thanks. It's interesting that Pass suggests that "These are not design oversights or flaws in the XA-200, but rather a condition of the very highly biased Class A operation." I don't recall this "reasoning" from some other Class A amplifier... | |
| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS Hi Chuck, thanks for the update. I went to the Pass site. I didn't see anything about power into lower impedances, but, you may very well be correct. There was mention of the XA series not having the current delivery of the X series and that the X... |