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Originally Posted by PHC1
I think the Accuphase is no different than Luxman in that the published A class specs are misleading since they do have tons of overhead reserve and it indeed goes from class A to A/B until it clips or goes into thermal shut down. The Luxman for example is rated at 30w/60w true Class A into 8/4 but in reality puts out 140w into 4 ohms.
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The A-48 output powers published (see the Japanese brochure) are:
Class A: 45W @8Ω , 90W @4Ω, 180W @2Ω, 360W @1Ω
max. power before clipping (Class A/B): 102W @8Ω, 194W @4Ω, 281W @2Ω, 438W @1Ω
Luxman only publishes the rated Class A power @8Ω and @4Ω.
Martin