what a little alien this amp is, I'm hoping JbeckVa will chime in on some points here. This was my first brand spanking new amp purchase in 1980, I listened and compared in the showroom, wittled down to it and a Phillips with VU meters into a pair of Genesis II speakers (2-way, passive radiator with a dome tweet, bright green foam surrounds) Love, love, loved the sound, bought the system....flash forward to last year, saw an A35 for sale on da 'bay, bought it!
Matched with my JBL L-56's and my DCM KX12 II's it sounded shitty, ouch! Sounded great with my Logans, alas, they made it's power switch go poof! the midrange sweetness I fell in love with the first time was all there with the 'stats, bass check, hi hat cymbals check, but not meant to be played with a demanding speaker
However, I had my AKG K340 'stat/dynamic phones and this little Sanyo sang pretty with them, K340's are a difficult load, 400+ohms, wild swings in amp demands as with all stats,,,so, my recent AKG K601 phones have met their perfect amp, I had Larry's Creek amp, and was bowled away by the sound Highly recomended, this Sanyo takes everything to the next level though. Larry, sorry to say I found a new love match up.
Jerry, why do you think the headphone amp section in the Sanyo is so special? What speakers have you gotten the best sound out of it with, (Polks?) I'm really curious, I was going to sell it on till I hooked up the phones to it and found nirvana (steep I know, but you should hear it) Stu
Matched with my JBL L-56's and my DCM KX12 II's it sounded shitty, ouch! Sounded great with my Logans, alas, they made it's power switch go poof! the midrange sweetness I fell in love with the first time was all there with the 'stats, bass check, hi hat cymbals check, but not meant to be played with a demanding speaker
However, I had my AKG K340 'stat/dynamic phones and this little Sanyo sang pretty with them, K340's are a difficult load, 400+ohms, wild swings in amp demands as with all stats,,,so, my recent AKG K601 phones have met their perfect amp, I had Larry's Creek amp, and was bowled away by the sound Highly recomended, this Sanyo takes everything to the next level though. Larry, sorry to say I found a new love match up.
Jerry, why do you think the headphone amp section in the Sanyo is so special? What speakers have you gotten the best sound out of it with, (Polks?) I'm really curious, I was going to sell it on till I hooked up the phones to it and found nirvana (steep I know, but you should hear it) Stu