I have ordered my Robert Koda K160 Mono Amps the latest creation of Master Robert Koch back in October last year and finally My Robert Koda K160 Serial No 2A/2B the second one in the world and the first one outside of Asia (HongKong) is shipped.
I know Robert worked for many years on new ideas and experimented endless to be satisfied his goal was to break the questioning what's better Tubes (more Romantic more Magic or Transistors are faster and have more resolution...) The idea was to create an amp that does not count in pros and cons of those two worlds and has all the advantages of both worlds inside.
Javier owner and head designer of Wadax Audio that i know personally visited Audio Exotics that has the first ever K160 Amps and his comments after a extensive listening session confirms that Robert is succeed in his search for years and reached his goal:
"this is the best amplifier I have ever experienced in my life regardless of solid state and tube. This amplifier reproduces soul." Xavier Wadax Audio.
I have waited almost 9 months and finally the Baby is (almost) born will receive them in few days and will post first pics here on WBF soon,
Only N type transistors
Perfected balanced, single ended or floating inputs
Zero negative feedback
Zero modulation on power supply
Only two stage – Yet 100% independent in operation
Extra high voltage (160V) power supply on first stage
Reactor power supply for power output stage
Class A – With over 8 Amps of standing current
Fabulous signal to noise ratio
Completely servo free
Ne Plus Ultra parts
Vacuum stateless
Assembled with pride, patience and perfection
Technical Specifications – Per single unit
Output power
150W / 8 ohm
230W / 4 ohm
Gain
26dB SE, balanced or floating
Input impedance
Greater than 10K ohms (SE, balanced or floating)
Output impedance
0.05 ohms at 1KHz (damping factor is 160)
Signal to noise
105.5dB (A weight) @ 1W into 8 ohms. 125.5dB at 100W into 8 ohms
Distorsion
0.0009% at 5 watts into 8 ohm, 1KHz.
0.005% at 50 watts into 8 ohm, 1KHz.
Power consumption
550W at all times (high power mode)
400W at all times (normal mode)
Weight
45Kg unpacked per unit
I know Robert worked for many years on new ideas and experimented endless to be satisfied his goal was to break the questioning what's better Tubes (more Romantic more Magic or Transistors are faster and have more resolution...) The idea was to create an amp that does not count in pros and cons of those two worlds and has all the advantages of both worlds inside.
Javier owner and head designer of Wadax Audio that i know personally visited Audio Exotics that has the first ever K160 Amps and his comments after a extensive listening session confirms that Robert is succeed in his search for years and reached his goal:
"this is the best amplifier I have ever experienced in my life regardless of solid state and tube. This amplifier reproduces soul." Xavier Wadax Audio.
I have waited almost 9 months and finally the Baby is (almost) born will receive them in few days and will post first pics here on WBF soon,
Only N type transistors
Perfected balanced, single ended or floating inputs
Zero negative feedback
Zero modulation on power supply
Only two stage – Yet 100% independent in operation
Extra high voltage (160V) power supply on first stage
Reactor power supply for power output stage
Class A – With over 8 Amps of standing current
Fabulous signal to noise ratio
Completely servo free
Ne Plus Ultra parts
Vacuum stateless
Assembled with pride, patience and perfection
Technical Specifications – Per single unit
Output power
150W / 8 ohm
230W / 4 ohm
Gain
26dB SE, balanced or floating
Input impedance
Greater than 10K ohms (SE, balanced or floating)
Output impedance
0.05 ohms at 1KHz (damping factor is 160)
Signal to noise
105.5dB (A weight) @ 1W into 8 ohms. 125.5dB at 100W into 8 ohms
Distorsion
0.0009% at 5 watts into 8 ohm, 1KHz.
0.005% at 50 watts into 8 ohm, 1KHz.
Power consumption
550W at all times (high power mode)
400W at all times (normal mode)
Weight
45Kg unpacked per unit
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