Class T-amps

[Ali Tait]

Will fill a big room just fine as long as your speakers are sensitive enough.

[ikaruga]

As I eluded to in my post Sadly, financially not an option for me.

[Ali Tait]

Would that be alluded?

There's the likes of the Hlly T amp 90, with unsurprisingly 90w/ch, plenty for most normal speakers.

[WAD62]

Until I went above half way then everything went seriously wrong with lots of distortion creeping in and a real harsh sound. It was coupled with my B&W 601 S3s which may not have been sensitive enough for it but I like music loud, probably a bit too loud and this little amp sadly didn't fill the room enough to my liking.

...stupid question time, and I don't know the topping, or speakers in question.

Is your amp anywhere near your speakers, with the T-Amps I've had, I've found them vulnerable to vibration. OK I did have the amp on the same bookshelf as my speakers...and made an isolation platform out of slate and squash balls which fixed the problem, but the symptoms were similar.

I find the T-Amps are fine to about 80/90%, and then it all goes pair shaped...

[Batty]

I have a Topping TP20 mk 2 in my PC system, I am using the Digital o/p both optical and Phono into a 1543 NOS DAC kit from china. Between the amp and DAC I have an Oatley Electronics valve buffer amp with adjustable gain up to 3. For a total cost of around $130 aussie I have quite a beautiful sounding setup. I liked it so much I sold the Rotel RA-04 that I was using before. I have still to put the buffer into a box and maybe I may just buy a larger case and put both DAC and buffer in.

Yours
Happy with T amp and valve buffer.

[dave2010]

... and then it all goes pair shaped...

I was going to comment, then I thought better of it.

[WAD62]

I was going to comment, then I thought better of it.

That would be a strange shape indeed...pear perhaps!

[webby]

Is 87db too low for these kind of amps?

[Stratmangler]

Is 87db too low for these kind of amps?

Depends on how smooth the frequency/impedence curve is - if it resembles the Alps then the speaker would give any amplifier a hard time.

[Tarzan]

Lee, l use a Mini-T with the 2A PSU in a 11f x 11f room, the Speakers are Harbeth Compact 7ES2 and sensitivity is around 84-88db according with who you speak to, and the T drives the Harbs really well- it is quite comfortably the best amplifier l have had at home, full- bloodied, 3D, mooth, dynamic everyday this amplifier amazes me, but the downsides are..... 1 input, no remote control, but the sound The Bantam l believe is a bit more powerful so you may be ok, can you try before you buy?