Now you are spreading misinformation. You don’t need to analyze the manuals to know that if they were exactly the same amp, the v281 would have no reason to have a cabinet twice the size, and be offered at a considerably higher base price.
I bought V280, because Ceo of Lake People said that Both are indentical and only meaningfull difference is preamplifier so i gotten V280 and saved the money, cause i had no need for preamp.
little power difference wont trasnlate to better sound quality.
You may be thinking of the V200 rather than the V280. The V280 is 2x V200 in a balanced configuration. The V280 and V281 would be pretty much impossible to tell apart in a blind test. They both are balanced amps. The V281 is just a touch more refined with a touch more power and lot more available bells and whistles. In the sound department, they are daaaamn close. I compared them extensively and opted for the smaller and cheaper V280. There are times I'd have like to have the V281 with its remote and preamp options.
EDIT: sorry, I repeated what others had said. I didn't notice all the responses (sometimes clicking head-fi alerts does odd things!)
I bought V280, because Ceo of Lake People said that Both are indentical and only meaningfull difference is preamplifier so i gotten V280 and saved the money, cause i had no need for preamp.
little power difference wont trasnlate to better sound quality.
The V280FE has a different layout in the back: the RCA sockets are vertically arrayed and the XLR sockets are side-by-side. On the prior V280, the RCAs were horizontally arrayed and the XLRs were further apart.
The V280FE has a different layout in the back: the RCA sockets are vertically arrayed and the XLR sockets are side-by-side. On the prior V280, the RCAs were horizontally arrayed and the XLRs were further apart.
I'm using my RCA jacks as outputs by the way. Fried recommended it for my application. I keep reminding myself to put a label on the case but I never do
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