Motorola bipolar transistors? Power transistors per bank? Kilowatt toroidal size? 400k microfarads? Typo?

@@CarlVanDoren61 Output are Onsemi transistors One pair of output. 160VA x 2 transformers 400k microfarads (Not a typo) Check close up screenshots of the internal parts.

@@asfdadfgdasfh4444 Thanks for the advice.

@@asfdadfgdasfh4444 Haha, good idea!

Nah first 2000 orders :-) u just might hit that level :-)

Thank you, I appreciate it. I also work on giving the best customer service so it gives my company the best chance to succeed.

@@ThomasAndStereo And I agree that your price for the amp is a great value.

Thanks for the comment.

Glad you are having a great time with the TS A75!

Slightly strange story on capacitors: 25 years ago or maybe a bit more, An older hi-fi'er & friend & work colleague told me I really needed to change the coupling capacitors of my then-fave 'Leak' vintage model "TL(?) -25", an 2x EL34'd / per Ch' valve power amp, to then-modern polypropylene cap's on the output valve base first & told me I'll not look back then want to go through changing all cap's inside to the more accurate (yes) & better sounding (hmmm) polypropylene caps. I ordered a few of the same m/farad value to solder in after removing the original & far older U.K. made "Hunts" caps with their metal case-marked accuracy of " -10% to +30% " & caps that many (all?) u k. domestic vintage amps sold up to the early 1960's had inside. I lived in the past hifi-wise with cheap old vintage valve amps that to me, floored the then-modern Marantz, JVC or Yammy etc transistor amps, I.m.o. by a mile. I replaced only at the valve coupling points as he excitedly told me to do first saying "you'll never look back & want to change all your other caps to polyprops. After putting them in, I waited for 2 hours for warm-up playing a quiet C.D. on repeat while I went out, telling my girlfriend "leave it playing till I return" I came back & stopped the C.D. &, put a fave test-quality L.P. on, turned it up & thought "oh dear, where the heck has my good sound gone, it's ruined" To give my colleague /friend /hifi advice giver a benefit if doubt, i kept the dammed accurate polypropylenes in for 3 or 4 days untill I could stand no more & wanted my music back, do promptly soldered my original 'Hunts' caps back in ...& Voila! there was that lovely sumptuous sound back in one short soldering session. Told him at work next day about how much worse I thought they made my amp sound, he was surprised "but their accuracy is so much better than any Hunts cap'" I realised then our ears are the final decider, not accuracy windows of capacitors. Maybe it did it improve the sound of his Radford valve amp (similar, 2 x EL 34's) in his mind. I also had a Radford like his a few years later but would never have bought his polyprop cap'd amp. And Radford valve amps were my most fave, s/h dirt cheap till some hi-fi mags inc' the top-sold "Hi-fi Workd" mag told folk '"those old vintage valve power amps are brilliant in modern systems & I saw their s/h prices go up & up & up, before that, i once threw away a Rogers Cadet 3 valve pre & amp, I couldn't be bothered to order, buy & replace the power supply electrolytes for the £25 it would typically get, last time I saw one on eBay, they were bidding over £350 for the same pre & power & it was riding to whatever it may have got. (10 maybe 12 watts max from 2 x ECL 86's per ch' (& no other valves onboard the power amp as it had s/state rectifier & ECL 86's are a combined triode & an output pentode in 1 glass envelope that Dansette box record players used)

My pleasure!

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Glad you enjoy it!

More to come!

Thanks a milion!!

Cool, thanks!

I am!

Thanks for the feedback and I am so happy you got to experience what class A can do. Yes, the bass is very strong to the point people were guessing the amp is 150w to 200w at the audio show, but unlike the TS A75 and TS120 which are slightly tilted up, the TS A20 is neutral. Hopefully one day you can hear the other 2 amps to see how fun it is and both type of bass is good.

One more thing, what is unique about the amp is detailed and information is served to you organically, so you don't have to go into critical listening mode to hear everything. Perhaps that is why you find yourself drawn to the music because you can just relax and enjoy the amp, no need to force yourself to listen in critical mode trying to find every detail in the music.

@@ThomasAndStereo looking forward to it!

@@ThomasAndStereo I completely agree. Well done!

@@DSor1 For you who owns a Cayin Soul 170i, one of the best tube amp I have ever heard to say all this means a lot to me.

Thanks!

I so want one now,....shame that i have other priorities at the moment ....bummer! !!!!!!!

Soon soon!

Awesome! Thank you!

It is a Canadian thing :)

Much appreciated!

@@ThomasAndStereo I lived in Montreal for 2.5 years in the mid-90's working in independent label music distribution: What a beautiful city & such great people. Mon Francais n'est pas tres bon, mais ai fait de mon mieux pour parler le français du lycée et de la première année d'université, et les Québécois ont été très gentils. Ils semblaient également apprécier les Écossais = résultat !

@@Voidoid77 Mon français n'est pas très bon non plus mais j'essaie.

@@ThomasAndStereo - Agreed! C'est tout ce que nous pouvons faire, Thomas. Cependant, j'ai constaté que les habitants de la province de Québec étaient très heureux que j'aie fait de mon mieux. Je ne peux pas demander plus que cela... Mes meilleurs vœux à vous et à votre famille.

Thanks, never let an audiophile be in charge of voicing and finance....my wife laughs at me, are you building a toy for yourself or are you running a business?

You if you have Dynaudio, you would need the TS A75 to drive them.

Yes, very much agreed.

I try, maybe if this venture is successful, I will come out with a class AB amp and a Pre amp next year from Canada.

@@ThomasAndStereo that would be great. Canadian manufacturers are doing great things.

I try I try. Not going to lie, it is not easy. For example, I actually had to go get the parts from the factory here, drive it to the designer's home so he can assemble it. It is the amount of work I need to do that is insane. When I order from China, I just need to write a check and they ship to the warehouse. However, it definitely feels more rewarding building it here near my home as I am there at every stage of the assembly. I feel so much more confident in the whole process.

​@ThomasAndStereo I decided to purchase your amp and I am waiting delivery. Even though I didn't need a power at the moment, I felt you went over and beyond in R&D and belive this amp won't disappoint based on that alone. Secondly being Canadian I appreciate supporting local industry and keeping food and a roof over Canadians. I look forward to this amp, it will be powering the bouchardt S400 mrk 2.

@@chrishmeet Thank youuuuuuu

Either tube or solidstate will work. If you want fast dynamics, then solidstate. You can even just plug it directly to the DAC, I have good results that way actually.

@@ThomasAndStereoso not very picky then, that’s great news. Great job on the new build Thomas!

Similar design concept, yup! Current feedback design.

At 85 db, you probably better off with a more powerful amp like the TS A75.

Thanks for the visit

Haha, thanks.

Thanks. Oh its fine to use the converters.

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We were able to drive the Perlisten speakers at the Montreal Audio show with incredible bass. Mr Jazz has a b&w 802 D3 and yup no problem but you need a preamp with proper gain.

It does really depend also on the size of your room, and the distance to your listening position. Every meter further away ads considerable power needs.

1000000000000% I had the Meta and your R3 will shine like no tomorrow. You wish your R3 would sparkle even a bit more, you got it.

Ah, it has to be perfect before I launch the preamp

Ok - I am sure it will be worth the wait….

@@ThomasAndStereo That's the stuff! "I have simple tastes, i'm always satisfied with the best" (Oscar Wilde) .... "the best for my money, even if I have to wait a while" (me)

I remember that speaker also measured really well.

Yeah, the Soul is great. The TS A20 hovers around 45 degrees celcius. It is an oversize chassis so it does not run hot. You can put your hand on the chassis and not get burn.

It is push-pull so it goes up to 40w.

It should. We drove the Perlisten 90db 4 ohm with incredible authority. The designer has an 87 dB speaker at home himself and can get loud volume in a mid size room.

I use all kind of recording including KZfaq. The amp must be able to handle all kind of music else, it makes no sense. It is not as 'forgiving' as I like because I wanted to keep the extreme resolution.

For me, if you have Lii Song speakers, just get an nice low power tube amp for the magic to happen.

@@devduttpatnaik1766 Maybe the TS A75 or my upcoming new amp after summer

Cost and complexity. Also XLR is good for long distance cabling mostly.

Can you email me at thomas.tan@galion-audio.com?

Thanks, check out Steve Huff's community page for a second opinion.

Not the setup but just the amp, it is very good.

@@ThomasAndStereo hope you get to review the Model B's or higher one day.

There is no op amp in this amplifier.

Any speaker that is above 87 dB will work well with it. Except Magnepan. Single driver speakers, I would recommend more to go with tubes.

@@ThomasAndStereo So care in partnering with bookshelf speakers, many to have bass are kind of inefficient…

@@francisdelacruz6439 The thing is the amp is way more powerful than the 20w suggest so it should work with most speakers even at 87dB, I am just trying to be conservative.

What is U-Toob's audio specification? Sample rate etc.

Thanks! For now, I have set the shipping rate worldwide to $195.

@@ThomasAndStereo The issue is not the shipping cost but the VAT of +25%. I love to have this amp but it's hard to justify the additional cost when it is sent from outside the EU. This has nothing to do with you obviously, but it is nonetheless the reality.

I've been black markering over everyone's printing & logos for years. Including brand new components I've purchased. It's too obtrusive. I just can't tolerate it.

@TriAmpHiFi I'm sure you'll get it right, maybe a half size brass or gold logo to delineate the difference to the other classes in the range.