Classe DR8 Power Amp
laotzu61
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can anyone tell me if this is a "high current" amp? any info or feedback appreciated. thank you.
"The symbol is not the reality"
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Although its power output is 70 watts into 8 ohms in stereo, it is a high current design. It doubles output into 4 ohm loads and does the same again into 2 ohm loads.
The DR designs from Classe were superb.
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Might this be the DR-8 that just sold on eBay yesterday? The DR models don't show up for sale very often.can anyone tell me if this is a "high current" amp? any info or feedback appreciated. thank you.Main System: Denon DP-59L | Audio-Technica AT33EV | Marantz SA-11S2 | Classe DR-10 | Classe CA-300 | Classe RC-1 | PSB Stratus Gold i's | DIY Balanced AC Power Conditioner | Acoustic Zen and NeoTech cables | Oyaide and Furutech power connectors | Dedicated 20A isolated ground line.
Home Theater: Toshiba D-VR5SU | Laptop #1 |Outlaw Audio OAW3 wireless audio system | Marantz SR-19 | Phase Linear 400 Series 2, modified | AudioSource 10.1 EQ (for subs) | Axiom M3 v3’s | Axiom VP150 | Optimus PRO-X55AVs | Dayton 12” powered subs (x2) | Belkin PureAV PF-60 line conditioner.
Party System: Laptop #2 | Audioquest Dragonfly USB DAC | Technics SU-A6 | Acurus A-250 | Radio Shack 15-band EQ | Pioneer SR-9 reverb | Cerwin Vega DX9's | Dayton 100° x 60° horns with titanium HF/MF compression drivers. -
From Audiomart:
These DR8 amplifiers were designed by Dave Reich at Classe several years ago, and he'd tell you today that they were one of the best amps he ever designed. Later, he sold Classe and went on to work for McCormack, and now Theta - designing and manufacturing very high priced components.
The DR8s are very powerful and stable amplifiers that will handle speaker loads that will make most amps cough-up a hairball and turn themselves off! They can handle with ease full range electrostats and planar speakers that go down to 1 ohm. Yet, the DR8s do this gracefully with refined and detailed sound without the harshness often found in powerful solid state amps.
The DR8 can be easily configured to run in either stereo or monobloc mode with the flick of three dip switches on the back panel. They can be used in either balanced or single-ended modes. A single DR8 in stereo produces (approximatley, as I can't say for certain - no specs in the manual) 75 watts at 8 ohms, 150 watts at 4 ohms and 300 watts at 2 ohms and !??!? at 1 ohm! In monobloc mode, it will produce 150 watts at 8 ohms, 300 watts at 4 ohms, etc etc... -
ClassMain System: Denon DP-59L | Audio-Technica AT33EV | Marantz SA-11S2 | Classe DR-10 | Classe CA-300 | Classe RC-1 | PSB Stratus Gold i's | DIY Balanced AC Power Conditioner | Acoustic Zen and NeoTech cables | Oyaide and Furutech power connectors | Dedicated 20A isolated ground line.
Home Theater: Toshiba D-VR5SU | Laptop #1 |Outlaw Audio OAW3 wireless audio system | Marantz SR-19 | Phase Linear 400 Series 2, modified | AudioSource 10.1 EQ (for subs) | Axiom M3 v3’s | Axiom VP150 | Optimus PRO-X55AVs | Dayton 12” powered subs (x2) | Belkin PureAV PF-60 line conditioner.
Party System: Laptop #2 | Audioquest Dragonfly USB DAC | Technics SU-A6 | Acurus A-250 | Radio Shack 15-band EQ | Pioneer SR-9 reverb | Cerwin Vega DX9's | Dayton 100° x 60° horns with titanium HF/MF compression drivers. -
yup; I was just looking at it, not knowing much about them. I started following the bidding, and it seems as tho quite a few people jumped in late. must be a good amp. I thought it was a "sleeper" at first.Might this be the DR-8 that just sold on eBay yesterday? The DR models don't show up for sale very often."The symbol is not the reality"
