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2018 Editors’ Choice Awards: Power Amplifiers Under $1,000

2018 Editors’ Choice Awards: Power Amplifiers Under $1,000

NuPrime STA-9
$649
Producing 120Wpc and weighing just under 10.5 pounds, the STA-9 uses a Class A input circuit along with a Class D output circuit. NuPrime’s website says it “is designed with enhanced even-order harmonic circuitry that mimics the most attractive features of tube-amp sound without incurring tubes’ drawbacks and limitations.” It’s easily bridgeable into 290Wpc monoblocks, and its 47k-ohm input impedance should work with virtually any preamplifier. In monoblock mode, the STA-9 produced powerful bass, even with small KEF speakers.
2018 Editors’ Choice Awards: Power Amplifiers Under $1,000

Odyssey Audio Khartago
$995
Shockingly similar in tonal balance to certain high-priced solid-state amps, this 130Wpc stereo amp has no discernible grain, high resolution, and a deep, wide soundstage. Positively, the best budget amp JV has heard.

2018 Editors’ Choice Awards: Power Amplifiers Under $1,000

Parasound Halo A23
$995
Parasound’s A23 isn’t the last word in low-end authority, and it’s a bit cool in the midrange, but what it lacks in oomph it makes up for in finesse and pitch definition. Moreover, this reasonably priced amp is musically quite involving.

2018 Editors’ Choice Awards: Power Amplifiers Under $1,000

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