Jumping into Class A

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Hello guys,

I'm thinking of diving into the class A world, being that all I have is class a/b amps.
I'm looking for a simple amplifier to build that will drive a 8 ohm load to around 50watts or more.
I already have big heat sinks and a 35-0-35 500va torroid.
Can anyone suggest a nice sounding amplifier?
 
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When you say 'big' about the heatsinks, how big do you mean? Because at that voltage secondarys you're going to be pushing a lot of bias current, which equals a -lot- of dissipation.

Actually, I don't believe that a 500VA transfo would be enough...

The jump in hardware required for class A can be ...surprising. :)
 
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Hey 2picodumbs, I was just this morning thinking about something similar... ba-3 front-end and the mu- monster... using SiCFET's so I didn't need quite as much heatsink. Probably as mono blocks using Conrad's biggest heatsinks.

Just once I get done with all the other amps :)
 
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