On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:33:17 +0100, Sala Massimo wrote:

Still many thanks for your help.

About the A1, what can I say?

When I purchased the A1 I was 19 years old, and it seems to me to buy a
"Cadillac" (also for the efforts to save the money!).
It was really a pleasure to listen to it, with Celestion 5 speakers.

Time goes by... I come to the feeling the A1 is a myth:
* I thought it is 20 Watt class A, now I read it is only 2 Watt class A...
It heats like a true class A to tweak the listeners ?

* The volume pot failure is a design failure.

* Some components (example the caps) are not well suited for the high
temperature inside.


So? You've obviously had a lot of enjoyment from the A1. Forget the specs
for a minute; do you still enjoy the sound that it makes? If so, why
bother whether it is class A up to full power? It's all just numbers -
it's your ears that have to be satisfied at the end of the day!

If you are dissatisfied with the sound, why not build something like the
Zen? You can have true class A then. You could even use a class A mosfet
if you fancy trying that. If you *really* hate the A1 you could build a
really nice Zen in the A1's case - it has a lovely heatsink just waiting ...

or you could give it to me... :-)

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Mick
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Currently deserting M$ for linux... :-)