GiBo61
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I'm seriously thinking of buying a Yamaha A-S 1200 integrated amplifier to pair with my Elac BS 403 and Carina FS 247.4 speakers. The amplifier looks gorgeous, well made (like a piece of art and engineering) and is produced by a historic musical/electronic brand like Yamaha. Most users are happy with it, some audiophiles complain that it's too cold and analytical, whatever that means.
My main concern is spending more than 2000 Dollars/Euros for a device with not very exciting instrumental measurements.
I found only one technical test of this amp, on the Polish site https://audio.com.pl/testy/stereo/wzmacniacze-stereo/3331-yamaha-a-s1200
Both the harmonic distortions and THD+N/power graphs look less than stellar:
The manufacturer's manual also reports similar values of SINAD/power ratio:
I currently own a Sabaj A30a full digital amplifier with Axign digital feedback architecture (no instrumental measurements available yet but should be a sort of twin of the SMSL VMV A2, made by the same company and tested here by Amir with more than positive results) and I am very happy with it. My fear is to buy an amplifier that costs 4-5 times more and performs worse.
My main concern is spending more than 2000 Dollars/Euros for a device with not very exciting instrumental measurements.
I found only one technical test of this amp, on the Polish site https://audio.com.pl/testy/stereo/wzmacniacze-stereo/3331-yamaha-a-s1200
Both the harmonic distortions and THD+N/power graphs look less than stellar:
The manufacturer's manual also reports similar values of SINAD/power ratio:
I currently own a Sabaj A30a full digital amplifier with Axign digital feedback architecture (no instrumental measurements available yet but should be a sort of twin of the SMSL VMV A2, made by the same company and tested here by Amir with more than positive results) and I am very happy with it. My fear is to buy an amplifier that costs 4-5 times more and performs worse.
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