TAD M600 Monaural Power Amplifier

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Has anyone heard this 90 Kg (200 lb) beast of an amplifier?

Brochure (PDF)

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Shown here in London, Air Studios, March 2012

link

[joeinid]

I love those photos Joost. Thank you for posting. I would love to own an all TAD setup. I DO MISS my 911 and can't wait until the monos arrive.

Joe

[docvale]

The CR-1s driven by the TAD DAC-Pre and the Class D power amp were great, I think better than the Weiss-Viola setup I heard last saturday.

[AudioExplorations]

The CR-1s driven by the TAD DAC-Pre and the Class D power amp were great, I think better than the Weiss-Viola setup I heard last saturday.

Thanks Valerio, I assume you heard them with the C2000 preamp/dac and the M2500 stereo power amp from the Evolution line?

[docvale]

Yes, exactly

[AudioExplorations]

The CR-1s driven by the TAD DAC-Pre and the Class D power amp were great, I think better than the Weiss-Viola setup I heard last saturday.

Wow, doc, it says quite a lot about the TAD electronics if the $29k C2000 and $20k M2500 outclassed the $19k+$45k+$59k Weiss/Viola setup. Did you hear these in the same room/conditions?

Makes you wonder how good the $68k TAD M600's would be. Apparently these were co-designed by the guys over at Technical Brains, makers of some of the finest SS amps on the planet.

[docvale]

Wow, doc, it says quite a lot about the TAD electronics if the $29k C2000 and $20k M2500 outclassed the $19k+$45k+$59k Weiss/Viola setup. Did you hear these in the same room/conditions?

Makes you wonder how good the $68k TAD M600's would be. Apparently these were co-designed by the guys over at Technical Brains, makers of some of the finest SS amps on the planet.

No, the rooms were different and I made the comparison "by memory". What I remember is that with the Viola set-up I though "mmmm, pretty good" while with the full TAD it was "wooooowwwwww".

I also have to add that the full TAD room was set by the chief engineer of TAD, who lead the demo.

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Yes Andrew Jones is known to take great care in his show setups and put on fantastic demo's.

[lloydelee21]

Does TAD also do their own digital?