Kevin, So far, in my system, I am extremely happy. Having listened to Classe' CA-2200, Pass Labs 250.5 (just this past Fri),Spectral, to name just a few ! I have always been a Nelson Pass fan (still am!) but I'm glad I listened to the encouragement of Dan (aka DTB300) and several other Plinius owners I talked to, for it is trully the best SS amp I have heard to date on the New Logans, and when you switch the bias to class A, I'll put it up against tubes as well, when it comes to warmth, richness and any other adjective you want to throw out !!kwr said:Congratulations - Plinius is a great combination with panels and the ability to switch from AB to A immensely useful.
Did you try any other amps - your impressions with the Vantages?
Kevin
In Class A, I have measured (using a cooking probe) 135 at the bulkhead and heatsink joint located at the top of the amp and significantly cooler (never measures) at the outer ends of the heatsinks - showing they do a great job of heat dissapation. I am sure down in the heatsinks (about midway) it gets warmer. In A/B it runs cold to the touch anywhere on the amp.jfm said:Congrats! Could you Plinius owners comment on how hot your amps get? Thanks!
Sure they do...the Odeon is a multi-channel amp. Here is link:Zip3kx07 said:The plinius sounds great; too bad they don’t have any HT friendly amps.
Zip3kx07 said:The plinius sounds great; too bad they don’t have any HT friendly amps.
Just think I can turn the house thermostat down and tomorrow morning I'll cook my eggs on it ! All the while sounding superb ! and yes, Joey's got dib's on my Rotel !!DTB300 said:In Class A, I have measured (using a cooking probe) 135 at the bulkhead and heatsink joint located at the top of the amp and significantly cooler (never measures) at the outer ends of the heatsinks - showing they do a great job of heat dissapation. I am sure down in the heatsinks (about midway) it gets warmer. In A/B it runs cold to the touch anywhere on the amp.
Dan
jfm said:Congrats! Could you Plinius owners comment on how hot your amps get? Thanks!
DTB300 said:Sure they do...the Odeon is a multi-channel amp. Here is link:
http://www.plinius.com/products/odeon.asp
Or you could always buy SEVEN of the SA-102's
Dan
Here is another great feature of the SA-102. The SA-102 has a jumper on the main board which sets the "revert back" to A/B bias mode timer when running in Class A. It can be set in minutes for 15, 30, 60 or disabled. It is a great feature for those times you are listening late at night, stumble up to bed, only to find out in the morning you now have a "sauna room". I have mine set to 30 minutes and find that works out great for me.twich54 said:Just think I can turn the house thermostat down and tomorrow morning I'll cook my eggs on it ! All the while sounding superb ! and yes, Joey's got dib's on my Rotel !!
Kruppy said:I hereby hold twich responsible for the future health problems Joey will incur from the constant input of ramen noodles he'll have to endure to pay for his audio affliction.....
gstring,gstring said:Hang in there Joey. Ramen makes a different noodle for each day of the week. At least you know that you will be bathed in a glorious wall of Class A sound
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