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Clipdat
Clipdat Posts: 13,101
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Anyone have any experience with Sugden amps? Curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks and Happy Monday!
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 8,111
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    I have no direct experience, but they are well thought of in British HiFi. Probably their equivalent to Pass Labs, at least with their Class A integrated amps. If I ever go back to more efficient speakers, I might try one of their A21SE.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 13,101
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    What's your speaker efficiency now and room size?
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 8,111
    edited November 2025
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    Big open room with 18' ceiling peaks and ~88dB speakers that have a significant 4ohm dip in the impedance curve through the bass range. I really don't see how Harman can call this 8ohm nominal.
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    BTW, if for those that don't trust ASR, the graph from Stereophile looks almost identical (different scale on the phase):
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  • Clipdat
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    Oh, ok. Yeah 88db isn't too bad but it looks like they would suck up some juice in the ~40hz area.
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