Meier Audio monoblock amps...anybody use them?

[gordolindsay]

Does anyone use the Meier Audio Monoblock amplifiers for their speakers? Also would anyone use these to power bookshelves or would an integrated do just as fine of a job? I have a Pioneer A-35R right now powering some DIY speakers my dad made eons ago. I am looking into getting the Swans 2.1 bookshelves. Of course if I got monoblocks i'd need a pre-amp...then I could upgrade my headphone amp to GS-1... and then...oh dear God, somebody shoot me now!!!

 

[lini]

I'd be curious as well - impressions would be very welcome!

gordolindsay: Unfortunately Jan doesn't mention input sensitivity in the specs, but I'd assume those thingies to be fully driven with 2 V just like practically any other hifi power-amp these days. In that case, you wouldn't neccesarily need a pre-amp - at least for single source situations: a simple pot in an enclosure would do, then - and you wouldn't even need that in case your source has a decent variable level output.

Greetings from Hannover!

Manfred / lini

 

[Andrea]

Hmm, my experiences with passive volume controls and power amps haven't been too encouraging, i.e. "musicality" was significantly compromised.

Unless the sensitivity of those amps is at least like 0.7 V for maximum output I would really include a preamp in my plans...