Help GUTB Get a Consumer Amp

[psjug]

On second thought, I see that the B&K that made the Class AB 2-channel stuff on ebay closed shop.  I think better not to include obsolete amps.  B&K relaunched recently under new ownership but the 2-channel stuff is all Class D.  I wonder if budget Class AB is bcoming a threatened species.

 

Maybe you should get one of the variants of the GFA-555 - Plenty of them on ebay.  Adcom still makes the GFA-555SE.  Anyway, I still think you should include a well-regarded amplifier in the 100-200+WPC range if you are going to bother with doing this.

[left channel]

23 minutes ago, psjug said:

I wonder if budget Class AB is bcoming a threatened species.

 

Low budget high design AB amps: http://www.nuprimeaudio.com/product-category/amplifier/

 

NuPrime amp design backgrounder: http://www.nuprimeaudio.com/guides/amp-design/

 

NuPrime amp comparison chart: http://www.nuprimeaudio.com/guides/amp-comparison/

 

I own the STA-6 (don't like it), STA-9 (love it), MCH-K38, and DAC-9 so far.

 

[psjug]

48 minutes ago, left channel said:

 

Low budget high design AB amps: http://www.nuprimeaudio.com/product-category/amplifier/

These are Class D, right? (they call it Class A+D)

Just to clarify - I'm not against Class D, but I'd hate for the Class AB choice in budget amplifiers to fade away.

[Kimo]

I have heard the new Linnenberg monos in my system, and I don't think that you are going to get there with your tests.

 

Of course, this presumes that the lower powered monoblocks that you currently have present a similar sonic signature.  I am guessing that they do. 

 

Anyway, I would say that the Liszt sounds much like the Pass 60.8 in many ways.  They are a little less smooth and warm, but are livelier in the bass and a bit more detailed.  

 

 

[left channel]

37 minutes ago, psjug said:

These are Class D, right? (they call it Class A+D)

Just to clarify - I'm not against Class D, but I'd hate for the Class AB choice in budget amplifiers to fade away.

 

Hybrid Class D, with ULCAM (Ultra Linear Class A Module) preamplifiers and patented Class D amplifiers that take the whole class to a higher level. NuPrime won a Power Amp of the Year award from The Absolute Sound several years ago. There's more information in my links above.