Awesome Small-Form Factor Amps

[RGA]

Krell 150 monoblocks

 

[Poultrygeist]

I have two of these APA150's aka Emotiva BPA-1. I can not recommend them as stereo amps but they work well as sub amps when bridged and daisy chained.. They feature built in crossovers.

 

[Poultrygeist]

I have two of these APA150's aka Emotiva BPA-1. I can not recommend them as stereo amps but they work well as sub amps when bridged and daisy chained. They feature built in crossovers.

 

[whyaskit]

PS Audio's Trio C100. An amp I bet sounds pretty good. Never heard one.

 

[Poultrygeist]

Rear of APA150. I've never seen the fan run.

 

[Poultrygeist]

With the flip of a switch the APA150 can go from stereo two channel to sub amp with it's low pass filter engaged. It lacks fidelity in stereo but unless you have revealing speakers it's not so noticeable.

 

[Polarbear]

I sure love my Cyrus 8A integrated! Has a very good grip on the lower frequencies on my Harbeths (much tighter than my Sugden).

 

[Art K.]

I sure love my Cyrus 8A integrated! Has a very good grip on the lower frequencies on my Harbeths (much tighter than my Sugden).

Very nice. What Harbeth's do you have?

 

[Polarbear]

I've got Monitor 30s although I often have thoughts of switching to a set of SHL5s.

 

[whyaskit]

Old school Quad

 

[lissenup]

LFD Phono LE.

 

[MudSlideSlim]

Another Quad fanboy here! I have the Quad 34 and the Quad 306. I use them in a desktop system at my office.
The Quad 34 could definitely use better Op Amps. Yet their tone controls are the most unique I've ever used or seen.
The Quad, 306, the 405II and the 606 mentioned above are class acts and are equal to many modern amp.

 

[johnvb]

Wyred4Sound (mono) mAMP.

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[whyaskit]

Picked up another of this type of amplifier. One extensively covered in the excellent Brio-R thread. Compelling read if you have some time.

Lovely sound from the Rega.

 

[prighello]

Nuforce DDA-120. Just ordered one of these to see if it's any good. I guess it's a power dac? I mean it's an amp for sure but the way it works is supposedly unconventional; amplifies in the digital domain or some such thing. I don't pretend to understand.

 

[whyaskit]

Wadia had a power Dac that did something similar, amplification in the digital realm. Not that it was a small from by any standard. Their CD players are huge. But beautiful, at least I've always thought so.

 

[Art K.]

Picked up another of this type of amplifier. One extensively covered in the excellent Brio-R thread. Compelling read if you have some time.

Lovely sound from the Rega.

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That's what I'm talking about!

 

[bbest]

I like this small form-factor idea. I'm a fan of the Brio-R and Bel Canto, but this guy looks like a contender as well.

 

[Art K.]

I like this small form-factor idea. I'm a fan of the Brio-R and Bel Canto, but this guy looks like a contender as well.

That's a looker for sure.

 

[den_HR]

While we're on the subject of "small" - you can't go much smaller than these

www.hana-lab.com









Class D amps, tube preamps, Class D monoblocks and audio servers/streamers (with built-in 24/912 DAC), in square and round enclosures...
Unfortunately, no distributor in the USA (yet)... Can be purchased direct, though...

Denis