Like a high damping factor?

stuwee · May 21, 2011

How does over 500 grab ya! Or your speakers for that matter?? Priced in the " If you have to ask" catagory :twisted:

The Accuphase A-6000

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And Dudes, it Mos-Fet

laatsch55 · May 21, 2011

Nice amp, what do ya suppose that costs?/

stuwee · May 21, 2011

I guess in the $50k each region, but could be higher, they're build quality is second to none, Period (.), just awesome beasties, rare over here, mainly from the home market of very well-healed Japanese Hi-Fi nuts.

laatsch55 · May 21, 2011

A pHASE lINEAR 700b HAS A DAMPING FACTOR OF 1000, YEP 3 ZEROS, DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE SO HI ON IT IN THE DESCRIPTION.

stuwee · May 21, 2011

I didn't know that, I must try one of those!

Web Police · May 21, 2011

The Big Accuphase 6000 is about 8750.78 USD.

Maybe you can get one of it's little brothers?

laatsch55 · May 21, 2011

well Shit, i'll take a pair then.

speakerman1 · May 23, 2011

OK a question. What is the damping factor and why do you want it high? See I told you I don't go by Specs. I go by my ears. Speakers I'm a little more critical.

Larry

jbeckva · May 23, 2011

speakerman1 said:

Well... wiki here does a real good job of describing it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damping_factor

The key point is with a higher rating, the amp is better able to control the cone movement in relation to the true signal. For my personal experience i.e. with the Polks and their leetle 6.5 inch woofers, that translates into a higher SPL output that I can achieve without the cones going over their excursion limits i.e. bottoming out.

Take the Sansui 3300 I have.. decent power.. but low damping factor. With the same tone settings it will bottom out the woofers in the Polks. But with the Crown I had (305 per channel with a >300 damping factor), the overall signal level was MUCH higher without the cones bottoming out and/or distorting.

That's my take and experience with it... YMMV...

stuwee · May 23, 2011

Synergy, or finnese as Larry likes to call it, play a bigger role, but damping factor/slew rate can give you an amazing experience. Jerry hit on the head with his experience with the Polks. And I have in different degrees with the ML's, stat panels pull so many things from the amp in so many different ways. I'd bet the X-amps have a high damping factor. Or at least a very good combination of other factors to mimic that behavour.