« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2007, 08:25:55 AM »
I've, as well as a lare amount of audio press, have been pretty intrigued by the Shanling A3000. From a brief description on the web: "Topping the scales at 66lbs the 200+ w/ch monster Shanling A3000 Integrated Amp is dramatically underpriced at $1695! The Shanling A3000 features a 80,000µF total filtering capacitance, Independent power transformers for left & right channels, Dual EH6922 tube input buffer stage and 8×SANKEN 2SA1295 and 2SC3264 power transistors. The A3000's Volume control is performed by motorized ALPS potentiometer. The Shanling A3000 also has 4× RCA, 2× balanced XLR input, 1× power amplifier input, 1× pre-amplifier line output and 1× headphone monitor output.
Shanling A3000 Integrated Amp Specifications:
Rated power output: 2×200W RMS / 8 O
2×320W RMS / 4O
Frequency response: 20 Hz-30 KHz (-1dB)
Input sensitivity: 470mV/ 47KO
Total harmonic distortion: =0.8%
Dimensions (W×D×H): 482×520×206mm
Net weight: 30Kg "
Oh yea... it goes for just under $1700!
placing the two 2 tubes on the output is so damn marketing thingie to do...why not just leave it alone?
btw check for ebay for a300(0) (euro version is designated 300 here for some reason)
"Dual EH6922 tube input buffer stage" The Tubes are in the input stage (where I would argue that it is for more than marketing). the 8×SANKEN 2SA1295 and 2SC3264 are solid state transistors for the output. Heck, I'd love to see a $1700.00 amp that can pull 200w @ 8O with a tubed output stage. Normally to see this kind of juice on a tube amp you would be looking at $20,000.00+ mono blocks.
Shanling is a solid company and has won some pretty serious critical acclaim for their tubed SACD players.
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