Karan Acoustics
POWERa Mono
The POWERa Mono is the flagship monoblock power amplifier from Serbian manufacturer Karan Acoustics, part of the brand's Master Collection launched in late 2021 and built at the company's factory in Novi Sad, Serbia. It is a fully-balanced, solid-state, sliding-bias Class A design that is DC-coupled with zero overall feedback and no capacitors in the audio signal path, using Ring Emitter Transistor bipolar output devices and delivering up to 2,100 W into 8 Ω per monoblock.
MSRP
$106,000
Used market · Excellent
$31,000
MSRP to used market
From $62,000 at launch to $31,000 today.
Specifications
- Gain
- +36 dB
- Price
- $106,000/pair (US, Stereophile review pricing); £89,995/pair (UK, 2023 StereoNET review); £79,995/pair (UK, 2022 Hi-Fi+ review); €77,500/pair at 2021 launch
- Inputs
- 1× balanced (XLR), 1× unbalanced (RCA); input impedance 30 kΩ
- Weight
- 105 kg / 231 lb per monoblock; 130 kg / 286 lb shipping weight
- Outputs
- speaker binding posts
- Topology
- Solid-state, fully balanced, sliding-bias Class A, DC-coupled, zero global feedback, mono power amplifier
- Dimensions
- 504 x 292 x 603 mm / 19.8 x 11.5 x 23.7 in
- Distortion
- 0.03%
- Power output
- 2,100 W into 8 Ω; 3,600 W into 4 Ω; 6,000 W into 2 Ω (peak: 2,400 W at 8 Ω)
- Power supply
- 2× 2,700 VA low-noise toroidal transformers; 210,000 µF custom capacitor bank; built-in mains Line Conditioner
- Distortion THD imd
- 0.03%
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz–20 kHz, ±0 dB (DC to 300 kHz, -3 dB)
- Dimensions w x h x d
- 504 x 292 x 603 mm / 19.8 x 11.5 x 23.7 in
- Signal to noise ratio
- >120 dB (unweighted)
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