On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:29:05 +0200, Sander deWaal
wrote:

Eeyore said:


What do you know about previous examples of this. I've just generally heard
that they hadn't been brilliantly succesful.


Technics used something like that, named class AA or somesuch.

Initially "New Class A". Later (90s) "Class AA".

Even after hours of operation, they were useful as champagne coolers.

The one I had didn't get hot, even though it was fitted with a
temperature sensitive fan (I could never imagine it being activated).
However, by their own figures Technics amps drew enormous current---up
to 330w for quite low power output,. Which means they only sound nice
until the power bill comes in!

In any case mine didn't sound as nice as most of the Marantz amps and
receivers I've had.