Class AB
Stereo
We’re excited! Because we’re
celebrating our 23rd year by
presenting the best amplifiers we’ve
ever made. Our New Point 8 Series,
X.8 & XA.8, operate “higher” into
Class A than ever before and bridge
the gap between measured performance
and subjective experience.
Designed for audiophiles by even
more demanding audiophiles, they
invite listeners into the music as
never before. Even more, they
represent a summation of our
expertise in designing amplifiers,
while elegantly expressing our
philosophy of more amplifier, more
progress and more music.
Seven years in the making, the Point
8 Series demonstrates our belief
that the best products must be
carefully adjusted until their
components operate in harmony — then
subjectively fine-tuned. Not
satisfied with measurements alone,
we put the amplifiers’
state-of-the-art engineering through
an extensive, rigorous listening
process using six different sound
systems to deliver peak musical
experiences.
As a result, the
amplifiers glow with innovation. For
example, the output stages of the
larger Point 8 amplifiers bias more
deeply into the Class-A operating
region. Their larger push-pull
Class-A operating envelopes deliver
low distortion and additional
loudspeaker control at ordinary
listening levels. And higher power
MOSFETs, many more than usual,
increase the amplifiers’ Class-A
operation while running at fractions
of their stated specs to enhance
both performance and reliability.
Still not content, we uniquely
molded each model’s front end to the
specifics of its output stage so
that the nine amplifiers’ front ends
vary in size, voltage, bias current,
dissipation, and single-ended vs.
push-pull bias distribution. The
directly coupled front ends, which
house the input and voltage gain
stages, maximize each model‘s output
stage performance, while imparting
to each model its own subtle and
unique sonic signature.
There’s more — including larger
power supplies, more storage
capacitance, more precise reference
voltages, and new, larger heat sinks
— but suffice it to say that with
the Point 8 Series, we move beyond
cookie-cutter circuits.
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