1 ohm amplifiers

Loheswaran

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Out of interest - which manufacturers make amps that drive a 1 ohm load?

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Lohan
 

LL21

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Out of interest - which manufacturers make amps that drive a 1 ohm load?

thanks

Lohan

I have no tests, but understand Gryphon, Vitus should both drive those loads. No doubt there are a number of beast amps that will do so.
 

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1/3rd of a Ohm Sanders magtech , umlimited headroom into any load
 

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christoph

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My Lamms M1.1 have driven my Scintillas beautifully :cool:
 

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It appears the new Pass A25 has "one ohm" potential. 100 watts at 2 ohms, 200 watts at one ohm. The hockey puck transistors have very high power dissipation.
 

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H2O amps were a bit of a boutique class D in the day for Apogees, especially Scintilla. Vince from Sacto (now deceased) was a rabid promotional fan. It seems the modules and topology were changed frequently with constant upgrade-itis, but that was several years ago.

I heard them on Vince's Scintillas, but he was badgering us to fall down in worship. I thought they sounded OK, but not necessarily revelatory.
 

DasguteOhr

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Hello,

SAC" THe Amplifer" stable under 0.5Ohm 360Watt Class A Danger hot 100 Grad Celsius at the Heatsink(Name Grave Stones);)
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T&A 3000 Mono Amp stable under 1 Ohm
 

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The question is somewhat meaningless without a spec for power required. Many amps will drive 1 ohm at low power; even tubes. What are you trying to drive?
 

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The question is somewhat meaningless without a spec for power required. Many amps will drive 1 ohm at low power; even tubes. What are you trying to drive?

1 ohm can only mean the dreaded Apogee Scintilla
 

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