Champions of Class "A"

[Mike]

Who are the champions of Class A solid state?

Accuphase
Pass
Vitus
.....who else?


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[mep]

I think the original Krell company deserves some credit. Back when David Manley was still running VTL, they actually had a pure Class A amp. You rarely ever see that amp come up for sale on the used market which tells you something.

 

[Mike]

Mark - I believe Brett D'Agostino is building class A amps too.

Luxman is another.

Still racking my brain...


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[mep]

We should get Bret over here. Bret is a good guy. He's the one that told me to buy the KRC-HR preamp which I appreciated.

 

[Mike]

We should get Bret over here. Bret is a good guy. He's the one that told me to buy the KRC-HR preamp which I appreciated.

Bret is here lurking somewhere.


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[Myles B. Astor]

We should get Bret over here. Bret is a good guy. He's the one that told me to buy the KRC-HR preamp which I appreciated.

+1

 

[annapolis Raider]

Boulder, Viola, Gryphon....

 

[blackdog]

Pathos, Grandinote out of Italy
The Grandinote are particularly nice

 

[the professor]

My vote is for Accuphase. I do think Krell deserves an honorable mention for their older stuff tho.

 

[rockitman]

Add the old classic Madrigal Labs (Mark Levinson) No. 20.6 monos. pure early 90's class A sex.

 

[Mark Jones]

The original Classe amps and Bedini. Maybe not the champions but worthy of mention.

 

[puroagave]

using the wayback machine...Levinson ML-2, Classe DR-2/DR-3, Pioneer M22, Threshold stasis 2, all the early fan-cooled krells (KSA-50 & 100, KMA-100 & 200) and the mack daddy KRS series (any of them).

 

[Mark Jones]

I loved the KSA-50

 

[JBLfan]

Given his history with Threshold & now Pass Labs - Nelson Pass get's my vote. Even offers a Class "A" integrated

 

[Mark Jones]

Agreed, Nelson is the champ.

 

[cmalak]

Re: Champions of Class "A"

Class A SS:

Pass Labs
Accuphase
Gryphon
Lamm (M1.2...100wpc Class A with tube input driver)
Luxman
Monarchy Audio
Musical Fidelity
Plinius
Krell (old school)
Boulder
Threshhold (precursor to Pass)
Halcro

 

[Albert]

I have a Bedini 100/100 1 meg amp and a 25/25 1 meg amp. They have the most natural sounding midrange of all my amps and the 100/100 1 meg has very good bass with my Acoustat 2+2. It does consume a lot of power and gets quite hot. When first turned on, it would make the lights in the house flicker. She's a lovely beast.

My Threshold 400a is a nice amp as well. Does sliding bias class A count?

 

[MrAcoustat]

Class A SS:

Class A SS:

Pass Labs
Accuphase
Gryphon
Lamm (M1.2...100wpc Class A with tube input driver)
Luxman
Monarchy Audio
Musical Fidelity
Plinius
Krell (old school)
Boulder
Threshhold (precursor to Pass)
Halcro

Yes sir Krell KRS-100 ( old scholl ) the good old days.

 

[CharlesL]

Tube amps:
Jadis (JA-200)
CJ (Premier 8 XS)

 

[wizard]

AM Audio
Venture
Audio Power Labs
David Berning