High Current Class A Dual Differential Amps
All pre-owned product is tested in our service department and have been passed for sale... and comes with a 90 day warranty!
Our tech said these bench tested perfect!
In VERY NICE Condition (especially for their age) in black.
Note: most of the small things you may see in the pix on the cabinets are pix glare - especially white dots and light and dark sections.
These are Version II and they are NOT Balanced (no XLR). Circa 1991
Original box and packing are NOT included, but we will pack carefully. Last two images are the Home Theater Magazine review from 1998
NOTE THESE ARE ABOUT 75+ POUNDS EACH TO SHIP. Circa 1991.
Amazing amps and they sound awesome!
From the original brochure:
The Palladium is Aragon's finest effort in amplifier design. Its ability to drive and control any loudspeaker load is astonishing. The amplifier's combination of smoothness and effortlessness is unique. Its power supply is so massive that a separate chassis is required for each channel of amplification.
The Palladium is a dual differential Monoblock amplifier. It utilizes Class A fully discrete complementary circuitry from input to output in all audio signal stages. The circuit is designed so that all components function at their most linear point. This assures that the amplifier's output operates at the highest level of accuracy, independent of frequency or gain.
Dual differential operation is achieved by the use of two discrete amplifiers in a single chassis. This allows the positive and negative input signals to be amplified separately. By this method of amplification, the speaker is isolated from the amplifiers input ground. This assures that the demands for power made by the loudspeaker will have no effect on the rest of the audio chain.
Power is supplied to the circuits by a specially wound 2,000 VA transformer. This massive transformer allows the Palladium to deliver tremendous amounts of current and voltage to the loudspeaker. The implementation of Class A outputs eliminates any possibility of crossover notch distortion. The high bias required for Class A operation provides for the bipolar output transistors to operate without switching within the monoblock Palladium's 125 watt Class A power rating. This amplifier uses a fully discrete, dual-differential, Class A design to provide a rated 125 watts into an ohm load. The amps are rated to deliver 600 watts into 4 ohms and up to a kilowatt into 2 ohms! (Four- and 2-ohm loads are driven in A/B mode, which is typical for Class A amplifiers.)
The Palladium Monoblock amplifiers are manufactured in mirror imaged pairs. Every amp is assembled and tested to ensure that each Monoblock of the pair is identical. The Palladium is a superior amplifier in every sense of the word. Although it can be classified as exotic, it is totally reliable. Although it has an unsurpassed smoothness and sweetness, it never rounds off the details of the music.
Although it is capable of reproducing the subtlest musical nuance, it is one of the most powerful amplifiers ever created. The Palladium relegates the usual compromises found in other amplifiers, to the past.
Approx Dimensions 19" wide X 6.5" high X 14.5" deep
