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Emotiva.com has Emotiva BasX A-100 Stereo Flex Amplifier on closeout for $199. Shipping is free.

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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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    • This is priced $30 off (13% savings) compared to the list price.
    • This unit is rarely posted on sale and generally holds a good value on secondary markets (Completed listings for used units).
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  • About this product:
    • Includes a 3-Year Transferable Warranty.
    • This amplifier is well reviewed on Emotiva.com based on 131 reviews.
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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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15% discount? I like half price closeouts
It is a poor headphone amp for 99.5% of headphones. If most people are buying it for that then most are buying the wrong thing.

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.
agreed. Not much of a discount for a discontinued model

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05-15-2021 at 09:20 AM.
05-15-2021 at 09:20 AM.
Nice! Been rocking one of these for years as a headphone amp for my HiFiMan HE-500s! Looks like theyre discontinuing it? I wonder why.
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05-15-2021 at 09:30 AM.
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Emotiva makes good stuff
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05-15-2021 at 11:28 AM.
05-15-2021 at 11:28 AM.
15% discount? I like half price closeouts
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namlook
05-15-2021 at 01:27 PM.
05-15-2021 at 01:27 PM.
This is a beast of a headphone amp.
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unrealii
05-15-2021 at 02:21 PM.
05-15-2021 at 02:21 PM.
Seems to have some distortion until it's warmed up.
Most of this is greek to me
https://www.audiosciencereview.co...ier.20644/

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05-15-2021 at 02:36 PM.
05-15-2021 at 02:36 PM.
Save your money and get an Aiyima A07 with power supply for $80
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05-15-2021 at 04:44 PM.
05-15-2021 at 04:44 PM.
Quote from itsarectangle :
15% discount? I like half price closeouts
agreed. Not much of a discount for a discontinued model
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05-15-2021 at 04:58 PM.

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05-15-2021 at 04:58 PM.
Quote from jsuh0 :
Save your money and get an Aiyima A07 with power supply for $80
The main selling point of the A-100 is not as an amp to drive speakers, although it does that pretty well, but it has an internal jumper that lets you send the full power of the amp to the headphone jack for hard to drive headphones.

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
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05-15-2021 at 07:03 PM.
05-15-2021 at 07:03 PM.
Waiting for those craigslist related post.
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05-15-2021 at 07:32 PM.
05-15-2021 at 07:32 PM.
Quote from jsuh0 :
Save your money and get an Aiyima A07 with power supply for $80
yeap that rock my Procinema Promonitor 200 .. it sound real good too
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05-15-2021 at 10:54 PM.
05-15-2021 at 10:54 PM.
Quote from itsarectangle :
15% discount? I like half price closeouts
I have been using Emotiva amps for many years and they are almost half off at regular price. A 15% discount is solid when compared to similar quality brands at much higher prices.

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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05-15-2021 at 11:36 PM.
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Quote from itsarectangle :
15% discount? I like half price closeouts
Yea I was like I hmmm. 20 something dollars off? Lol.
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