I am the second owner of these. Very tubey sound and very open sound stage.
$500 picked up in Morgantown.
205W RMS Clean into 4-Ohm speakers, 180W RMS into 8-Ohm Speakers
Best with speakers rated over 85db (higher is better), 2-Ohm to 16-Ohm
Perfectly Flat Frequency Response 5Hz-50kHz, -3db 2Hz-200kHz
Cutting Edge Design without feedback reveals recorded harmonic structures like a tube amplifier while maintaining solid state bass capabilities Features Soft Clipping like tube amps
NO Coupling Caps, Directly Connected Part To Part for Zero Loss in Detail, Zero Phase Shift Blur
0.7V-RMS input for full power (normal CD player line level output)
Easy to drive & match 46k Input Impedance
Small volume knob on each amp to balance the room and adjust the input sensitivity. (0.7V to 20V) to match any preamp with RCA jacks Hibachi-II's have External Access Speaker Protection Fuses Supplied with 4-Amp speaker fuses for 200W rated speakers, Use 3-Amp speaker fuses for <200W speakers
17 Pounds Each , 13-1/2" x 11" x 9" Tall to top of binding posts
Giant toroidial high current 8-pound power transformer with smart sensing vacuum tube filter and huge film bypassed filter cap array
Self test power up: Red light speaker disconnected for 2-seconds then relay clicks to Green light # Draws very light current idling silent (12-watts), <1mV ripple hum, for convenience can be left on - read next line
A Power Conditioner with relay disconnect surge protection is highly recommended to protect your valuable audio equipment # Large WBT Style gold 5-way speaker wire binding posts accept all wire gauges
Versatile high quality 4-Way Solid Nickel RCA's: Use one RCA for the normal mono block input. Combine L & R preamp signals on the amplifier using 2 RCA jacks to make mono for a center speaker. Has 2 more RCA jacks to easily daisy chain another amp for bi-amping. Can use the extra jacks for HT: Connect both your HT processor and your 2-chan pre-amp outputs to this amplifier at the same time - has a unique TAD designed isolation network on the RCA jacks.
