Feanor
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Coming from Amazon.ca a pair of Topping B100 monoblocks. They are technically class B; they're small, relatively cheap, and low power vs. most serious s/s amps today. I'll confess I bought the B100 versus Topping's B200 because less than half the price -- about the same price as the TransAudio D5 amp I got recently.
There are plenty of reviews online for this amp. Most are subjective and, unfortunately, many compare it only with small, cheap class D amps. A notable review, however is available at ASR, (see HERE), which provides that site's usual objective measurements
As for the measurements, they are stunning -- virtually no distortion at any frequency or power level right up to maximum output. The amp has no speaker load dependence and a bandwidth extending to >100 kHz.
My only reservation is that with my 8 ohm speakers, power is limited to 50 wpc. Given I listen at fairly low levels, I suspect/hope the power will be sufficient. If I don't have enough power I can sent it back -- hurray, Amazon Prime.
I will audition these amps first in medium gain mode with my Schiit Kara F in Passive mode, driven in turn by my Topping D90 DAC via XLR. Afterward I try it driven by my recent Zero Zone SLP-90 tube amp, and eventually perhaps by my Sonic Frontiers Line 1 SE+. Frankly I don't expect it to sound much different than my Purifi amp, but heck, it's an experiment. I expect it will sound quite different from the aforementioned Transaudio D5.
There are plenty of reviews online for this amp. Most are subjective and, unfortunately, many compare it only with small, cheap class D amps. A notable review, however is available at ASR, (see HERE), which provides that site's usual objective measurements
As for the measurements, they are stunning -- virtually no distortion at any frequency or power level right up to maximum output. The amp has no speaker load dependence and a bandwidth extending to >100 kHz.
My only reservation is that with my 8 ohm speakers, power is limited to 50 wpc. Given I listen at fairly low levels, I suspect/hope the power will be sufficient. If I don't have enough power I can sent it back -- hurray, Amazon Prime.
I will audition these amps first in medium gain mode with my Schiit Kara F in Passive mode, driven in turn by my Topping D90 DAC via XLR. Afterward I try it driven by my recent Zero Zone SLP-90 tube amp, and eventually perhaps by my Sonic Frontiers Line 1 SE+. Frankly I don't expect it to sound much different than my Purifi amp, but heck, it's an experiment. I expect it will sound quite different from the aforementioned Transaudio D5.
