Anyone heard of WM Audio amplifiers?

[DahaiTX]

Hey there, everyone
I was doing some research and this Chinese brand came into my attention. It is called WM Audio and they seem to be making something interesting. I wanted to confirm that this is not a copy of any well known brands so I thought I'd ask here:
WM M-1000: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000059926678.html
WM M-18: This is a Taobao link which is in Chinese, it is pretty much the Chinese Amazon.
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?sp...DaslG6&id=641315887978&ns=1&abbucket=3#detail

Does anyone recognize the design Here? These models are their new product M18, said to have 256w/channel class A...I thought this is a joke...probably a class AB..

 

[Semanon]

256 watts Class A. That'll heat up a room.

I think there are amazing values coming out of China, and amazingly crappy stuff. I have no experience with WM, but only buy the stuff with my gambling money. Once you buy it, you are stuck with it. Resale value is low, and how would it ever get serviced?

BTW, I followed the link and it took me to the M-1000. The M-18 they show is different than your pic. Plus the specs are not really specs and convey no useful information.

 

[DahaiTX]

256 watts Class A. That'll heat up a room.

I think there are amazing values coming out of China, and amazingly crappy stuff. I have no experience with WM, but only buy the stuff with my gambling money. Once you buy it, you are stuck with it. Resale value is low, and how would it ever get serviced?

BTW, I followed the link and it took me to the M-1000. The M-18 they show is different than your pic. Plus the specs are not really specs and convey no useful information.

I must apologize, forgot to attach a direct link of the M-18. Fixed at the top.

 

[Semanon]

Look very nice. I'd be hesitant to drop $3,500 on an amp that I couldn't audition and had no local (relatively) service points. Even the best engineered things break.

The heat sink looks totally too small for a 250 Watt class A amp. So something is up. Either the spec or the design. That makes the whole thing suspect. Pass Labs X250 250 watts per channel (AB) $3K TO $4K, used.

$3,500 will buy a whole lot of amplifier with known support channels. What advantage does this offer.

BTW, I'm good with 25 or 30 watts of class A. 100 dB at my listening seat is way louder that I'm ever comfortable listening to, plus all that SPL does nasty things to the room acoustics. Imagine what 110 dB will do.