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In Reply to: Accuphase - What's the difference between a stereo control center and a preamp? posted by Goober58 on April 11, 2020 at 18:13:10:
I have no experience of their preamps, but I have the Accuphase A-36 power amp. It's certainly the best made, best designed and arguably best looking of the many amps I've bought or borrowed over the last 3 years in my search for solid state to replace tube amps.I didn't include best sounding as this is rather down to speakers, room acoustics and your personal impression of what music should sound like.
The A-36 is a Class A amp and that, for me at least, has a slight disadvantage. It's certainly far better sounding than other Class As I've tried (Sugden, etc) but is somehow doesn't offer quite the sparkle of some other amps. It offers a slightly more mellow and perhaps warmer sound (akin to tubes) than the amp I've settled with. I'd highly recommend the A series of amps if you are in the market for Class A.
Accuphase offer lots of admirable features you rarely find on run-of-the mill amps at whatever price level they fit. The A-36 is just a power amp, but it offers large power meters (Luxmann-type), switches for 2 sets of speakers (not just 2 sets of terminals), front-panel switchable RCA or XLR inputs and very usefully a gain switch on the front panel. A few other amps offer optional gain settings but these are invariably difficult to access. Some have a rear panel switch (Benchmark), but others require removal of the top cover (maybe 16 screws) to fiddle around with dip switches (GamuT). Accuphase does these things right. I'm sure their preamps are equally well thought out and executed.
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