The replacement for the legendary AW 600 NEMO, the AW 800 M incorporates a number of changes and improvements aimed at preserving the unmistakable sonic personality of Electrocompaniet 's uncompromising music reproduction system achievements.
Thus, the AW 800 M encompasses the wide-bandwidth, open-loop, DC-coupled circuit topology, to which improvements have been added in the form of high slew-rate amplifier stages and an extremely generous passband.
In addition, a newly developed output stage has been incorporated which effectively shields the input stage and load attack stage, thus making the output power extremely robust and unaffected by load variations.
In addition, this significantly simplifies the workload of the refined feedback system employed and drastically reduces distortion. Another unique attribute of the new reference power amplifier from Electrocompaniet is its ability to switch between mono, stereo and bi-amplified modes of operation so that the user can either upgrade or change the configuration of their equipment while preserving their initial investment.
The AW 800 M is completed by a switchable auto on/off system, dimmable illumination and a practical trigger signal input/output.
Features:
- Absolute reference stereo power amplifier.
- Balanced circuit topology unique to Electrocompaniet.
- Executed with audiophile-grade components.
- Three modes of operation: mono, stereo and bi-amplified.
- Output stage equipped with 32 high-current bipolar transistors.
- Shielded toroidal power transformers.
- 800 W RMS/8 ohms, 1,500 W RMS/4 ohms or 2,200 W RMS/2 ohms.
- 2 x 300 W RMS at 8 ohms, 2 x 600 W RMS at 4 ohms or 2 x 1,000 W RMS at 2 ohms.
- Frequency response from 0.5-220,000 Hz with input filter on.
- 0.5-1.1 MHz frequency response with input filter off.
- 122 dB signal-to-noise ratio.
- Voltage gain of 35 dB in mono and 29 dB in stereo.
- Damping factor greater than 1,000 (at 8 ohms).
- Dimensions: 410 x 300 x 490 mm (W x H x D).
- Weight: 55 kg.
Price per unit.
