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Description :
The EAR 8L6 has been designed to meet a wide variety of needs, from the most demanding of audiophiles to the professional seeking high quality monitoring equipment in the studio field. The circuit design uses push-pull output and driver stages, a high quality in-house designed output transformer and low negative feedback. Tube life is long and the circuit operates in pure Class A. An unusual feature of the EAR 8L6 is that it can be used as an integrated amplifier or as separate preamplifier and power amplifier. This is selected using the switch at the rear of the unit marked Pre/power split on. In integrated amplifier mode the front panel source selector works in the usual way to select any of the five inputs available on the rear. No connection is required between the Pre out sockets and the Power amp in sockets. In pre-main mode the (passive) preamplifier section is disconnected internally from the power amplifier section, requiring an external connection between the Pre out sockets and the Power amp in sockets. This facility is provided to allow the user the option of connecting a signal processor such as an equaliser between the pre and power sections. An additional benefit is that the Pre out sockets remain active when the EAR 8L6 is in integrated mode, so that a second 8L6 (or other amplifier of similar gain) can be used slaved to the main one for bi-amping.
The EAR 8L6 is designed for musicality, versatility and ease of use. It is an integrated amplifier with a superb musical presentation which is capable of portraying all types of music with realistic scale, dynamics and tonal accuracy. The sound is beautiful, powerful, and complex, but it is also dark. This is not to say that the EAR 8L6 is either old-fashioned or that it obscures detail. There are times that it conveys with clarity - sometimes with shocking brilliance. Unlike amplifiers which create a dynamic, powerful but false impression during the first minutes of listening, the EAR 8L6 will go about its work quietly, ensuring the listener is rewarded with a non aggressive, realistic and satisfying performance.
Specifications :
Power Output...................................50W per channel (30Hz to 15kHz at 1% THD into rated load)
Power Bandwidth..............................15Hz to 40kHz at <3% total harmonic distortion
Intermodulation Distortion..................<1% at any level from 10mW to 50W
Output Damping Factor.....................12
Signal-to-Noise Ratio........................85dB
Input Sensitivity................................200mV
Input Impedance...............................47k ohms
Power Consumption..........................200W total
Valves.............................................2 x ECC83, 2 x ECC85, 8 x EL34
Dimensions(w x d x h)......................39 x 41.5 x 16.5 cm
Weight............................................21kg
Miscellaneous :
Made In...........................................UK, England
Condition.........................................8/10
Product Information :
http://www.audiorevelation.com/cre/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=61
http://www.ear-usa.com/earproducts.htm (Company background)
Reviews :
http://www.audioreview.com/cat/amplification/integrated-amplifiers/ear-yoshino-ltd/8l6/prd_455009_2717crx.aspx
http://www.ear-usa.com/834reviews.htm |
