Klipsch Pro-200A Power Amp $750 (80×2 or 200 mono; 5.5h, 5.69w, 12.75d)
Klipsch is now shipping Pro-200A. The Pro-200A is a solid power amp to run with any speakers, but please consider Klipsch speakers as they’re designed to work together.
Pro-200A is an AB amp with discrete, high current output transistors. The heat sinks are extensive, not flimsy. Pro-200A has an overload protection circuit in case you party a bit too much. It has a thick, muscular sound in the bass. We’ve already paired it with Forte 3 and clearly they like each other. Pro-200A leans warmer than brighter.
What’s nice about the Pro-200A is, you can spend the mother lode on the most important part of your system, speakers, and drive them with this affordable companion amp.
If you’ve read carefully, you can see Pro-200A gives you an upgrade path as well. You can buy a second Pro-200A and run them bridged. The wattage rating says 200w mono. It sounds dramatically stronger than that. I think K is being overly conservative on it specs here. I love the idea of buying one now, and a second later- to turn your sedan into a sports car!
Pro-200A has a few nice features as well.
It has a volume control on its face, so it can interface with any number of preamps, preamp processors, and speakers.
Since it can be run stereo or mono, again, your stereo and theater options are “endless.”
It has gold plated inputs and outputs, so you can daisy chain if you choose to.
Klipsch The One $300 (6.125h, 12.67w, 5.25d)
This table music system sounds conspicuously robust for only three bills. With Bluetooth and mini jack input, you’ll run music from your phone , tablet or even CD player into The One. It looks vintage with real wood and classic grill cloth design. It sounds as good as it looks, meaning, nothing like the skinny plastic guys you see at big box.
The One runs two 2 1/4” full range drivers with a dedicated 4.5” subwoofer. It has a 30w amp.
The One has a rechargeable battery that can run 8 hours, hence you can carry it around the house with you.
Looks great. Sounds great. And it’s portable. What’s not to like?
NAD C-165BEE Stereo Preamp $1000 (3 15/16h, 17 1/8w, 12.5d)
We welcome this classic looking analog preamp for only a grand! It looks pretty plain in
cosmetics, but that’s one of the things we love about NAD. C-165BEE is a new design from Bjorn Erik Edvardsen. With edge of the art semiconductors this preamp will rival the big boys at a fraction of the price. It’s a pure analog, no gimmick piece. Its sonic flavor is robust and dynamic.
Inputs include MM/MC with adjust able loading. CD, Tuner, MP, Aux & Two full tape loops. Outs included Sub Out and Two Pre Outs, one fixed and one variable.
It comes with remote and has bass, treble & balance controls. It has a very high quality headphone amp with quarter inch jack.
