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Emotiva BasX A-100 Stereo Flex Amplifier on closeout for
$199.
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Key Features:- The BasX A-100 offers all the essential features that make a great audio component, like a heavy duty power supply, great sounding high-current short signal path Class A/B amplifiers, industry standard unbalanced audio inputs, and full-sized five-way binding post speaker terminals. The BasX A-100 delivers a solid 50 watts per channel into 8 Ohms and 80 Watts per channel into 4 Ohms; plenty to drive most speakers to satisfying listening levels
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It has LOTs of power, like you said, but also LOTS of noise relative to good $100-$150 headphone amps and a high likelihood of channel imbalance. The recent Audioscience Review test
[audiosciencereview.com] shows distortion at .012%, Noise at 78dB below signal, and about .5dB L/R channel difference at 5W (likely higher at headphone volumes).
By comparison the $99 Schiit Heresy has .0007% distortion, Noise 103dB below signal, no channel imbalance...and PLENTY of power for 99.5% of all headphones. Plus, the Heresy has an external gain switch, so you do not have to open the chassis anytime you want to switch between high/low sensitivity headphones.
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Most of this is greek to me
https://www.audioscienc
Thoughts?
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Power Output (headphone output; direct drive mode)
(requires internal jumper; USE WITH CAUTION):
8 Ohms: 50 watts / channel
33 Ohms: 12 watts / channel
47 Ohms: 8.5 watts / channel
150 Ohms: 2.6 watts / channel
300 Ohms: 1.3 watts / channel
600 Ohms: 0.6 watts / channel
I am not familiar with the A-100, but looking back on the $6k plus I have spent on Emotiva in the last 15 years I would not be quick to discount this amp.
Consider this 15% discount the equivalent to 65% off other high end brands.
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Most of this is greek to me
https://www.audiosciencereview.co...ier.20644/ [audiosciencereview.com]
Thoughts?
Their "trigger" mode will cause distortion on every time it's triggered, so you have to keep it on. I thought there was something wrong with my unit, but they RMA'd a unit with the same problems.
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