Anyone heard the Kavent A-210?
zingo
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I have an interesting opportunity to acquire one of these amp, and was wondering if it was even worth my time. I know it's Chinese made and that this model was released under a few different names (Vincent, Shengya). I've posted the info from the distributor site, and it's an interesting hybrid amp at a glance.
Output Power.............................100W+100W (8Ω), 200W+200W (4Ω)
Class-A Output...........................10W+10W (8Ω)
Frequency Response.................5Hz - 40KHz (?1dB)
THD.............................................< 0.05%
Input Sensitivity.........................240mV
S/N Ratio....................................97dB
Input Impedance........................47kΩ
Dimension (WHD)......................17" ? 6" ? 18"
Weight........................................45 lbs
The preamp section uses a 12AX7 and a 6DJ8 tubes with low distortion by-passable tone control and loudness circuit. The power amplification uses four pairs of J-FET power transistors and is Class-A biased. The use of zero feed-back circuitry guarantees the most linear response at the lowest distortion. High-quality components include motorized ALPS volume control, SOLEN capacitors, 650VA toroidal transformer, 40,000uF capacitance, multi-function metallic remote control, and more.
Output Power.............................100W+100W (8Ω), 200W+200W (4Ω)
Class-A Output...........................10W+10W (8Ω)
Frequency Response.................5Hz - 40KHz (?1dB)
THD.............................................< 0.05%
Input Sensitivity.........................240mV
S/N Ratio....................................97dB
Input Impedance........................47kΩ
Dimension (WHD)......................17" ? 6" ? 18"
Weight........................................45 lbs
The preamp section uses a 12AX7 and a 6DJ8 tubes with low distortion by-passable tone control and loudness circuit. The power amplification uses four pairs of J-FET power transistors and is Class-A biased. The use of zero feed-back circuitry guarantees the most linear response at the lowest distortion. High-quality components include motorized ALPS volume control, SOLEN capacitors, 650VA toroidal transformer, 40,000uF capacitance, multi-function metallic remote control, and more.
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I haven't seen this one before... It does look like it worth looking into though...
Did they mention what the price range on it is?Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's. -
found this short review on Gon...he was "unhappy"
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1142781928&openflup&1&4#1
but this guy like liked it, but he was trying to sell it.
http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/71205-kavent_a210_vincent__sv236_german_designed_hybrid_tubesolid_state_integrated_absolute_sound_top_rate
"This German designed, Chinese built 100 wpc integrated amp is being sold under various names. It reads Kavent A-210 on the front panel but it is popularly reviewed as a Vincent SV-236. Absolute Sound gave the Vincent a rave review and listed it as a top Integrated Amp in the under $3000 category (it lists for $1795). The two amps are the same inside and virtualy identical on the outside. It runs heavily biased into class A and sounds just fantastic. This is the best integrated I have heard. It is easily better than a highly reviewed DK Design Group Mkii amp that i had. Email me for a picture, I couldn't get the one I have to upload. This particular amp is better than a new one because it has some important minor modifications. It has some Vintage RCA 12AX7 tubes installed (along with the stock chinese tubes) which make the sound glorious--full bass and marvelous midrange and smooth extended highs. It has some chassis damping and genuine cardas speaker taps and heavy duty high quality internal speaker wiring. The back panel has some scratch marks that were a result of the new Cardas speaker binding posts installation. The rest of the amp is mint. It will not disappoint! This may be the last chance to buy my amp in Canada, the unit will be moved to the US in about a week. I will be in Toronto from Wed to Sat (oct 1-nov 3)so for any Toronto Audiophile/Videophiles, I can bring it with me for anyone interested. Just contact me and you can buy in person. Call jason @ xxxxx and leave a call back number or email xxxxxx See my other ads as well. Thanks! see this link for 2006 Absolute Sound list http://cayinusa.com/Product%20Reviews_files/A-88-Absolute-Sound-Award-2.pdf or this review: http://www.nebyhifi.no/documents/Vincent_AVGuide.pdf"
