"ScottW" wrote in message
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"dave weil" wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 May 2005 20:22:22 -0400, Howard Ferstler
wrote:

Note that when Nousaine visited our little friend down in
Miami some time back, the DBT involved a pair of expensive
Pass monoblocks and a rather vintage Yamaha integrated amp,
and Zipser could not reliably hear a difference.

Opinion stated as fact.

My opinion: my Yamaha M-50 doesn't sound any different on my Legacy focus
or
my Original large Advents than my Krell KSA-150. However, both amps are
rated at 150W, Krell is supposedly pure class A but I have heard that
debated... I think the Yamaha is AB. At normal listening I don't think I
can differentiate either from a 35 W Sansui AU-6500 that I've had for 30+
years. If I wanted to get a different sound from my system by changing
amplifiers I'd explore different technologies, perhaps some of the better
Class D amps (I don't have any real experience there) or enter the world
of
tubes.

ScottW

The M-50 is an exceptional amp. I had one, and got rid of it only because of
those pain-in-the-ass clip connectors.
However, I'm surprised the Sansui satisfies. It was designed at a time that
predates modern amplification, which started approximately 1981.