RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't!

Posted by Crazy Dave (A) on August 4, 2008 at 09:36:29

In Reply to: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! posted by Phil D on August 3, 2008 at 09:23:38:

When I sold them, I thought that the Adcom GFA-535 sounded better than the GFA-545 and GFA-555. With receivers 2, I tended to like the lower powered ones best. Denon had a 25 watt integrated amp that was one of the best sounding amps we sold. I would paired it with Klipsch Forte' speakers and made a customer quite happy. I have read some designers talk about this. It has something do with the capacitance of multiple output devices. I have wondered if using a tube driver stage would help because tubes are less sensitive to driving high capacitance. The one hybrid amp that I have heard, a Moscode, sounded great but I couldn't tell you if that was the reason.

For a transistor amp I think 60 to 80 watts is a good compromise. Of course you don't get that base drive you get with a big amp so YMMV.

Dave

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Topic - When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - Phil D 09:23:38 08/03/08 (23)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - hakka26 21:50:35 08/05/08 (0)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - Moontan13 20:13:33 08/05/08 (0)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - K-Bob 10:30:31 08/04/08 (0)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - Crazy Dave 09:36:29 08/04/08 (0)

Such occurs with power amplifiers - E-Stat 09:27:22 08/04/08 (0)

One Exception is H/K! - JoeLA 07:18:56 08/04/08 (1)

H-K was not immune - E-Stat 06:07:03 08/05/08 (0)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - tbcblues 18:15:16 08/03/08 (1)

never owned an SX1980 but - REL54 11:39:43 08/04/08 (0)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - Bold Eagle 16:29:08 08/03/08 (5)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - DavidLD 06:06:54 08/04/08 (1)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - Bold Eagle 09:05:34 08/04/08 (0)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - Brian Levy 16:52:44 08/03/08 (2)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - Bold Eagle 17:13:02 08/03/08 (1)

Another factor for double Advents - E-Stat 09:01:25 08/04/08 (0)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - Brian Levy 15:30:35 08/03/08 (0)

sure... - PakProtector 15:00:29 08/03/08 (2)

Marantz 22xx series vs. 23xx series - Phil D 17:09:17 08/03/08 (0)

RE: sure... - Brian Levy 16:59:50 08/03/08 (0)

RE: When "top-of-the-line".....isn't! - gearhunter 10:25:44 08/03/08 (3)

RE: When "top-of-the-line"isn't as desirable! - FRG7SWL 11:44:06 08/03/08 (2)

RE: When "top-of-the-line"isn't as desirable! - Phil D 17:05:30 08/03/08 (1)

RE: When "top-of-the-line"isn't as desirable! - FRG7SWL 08:21:23 08/04/08 (0)

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