Parasound HALO A51 5CH Home Theatre Power Amplifier - Black

Parasound HALO A51 

Features

• Circuitry designed by legendary John Curl
• THX Ultra2 certified
• High bias Class A/AB operation
• Balanced inputs with discrete circuits and XLR connectors
• Direct Coupled - no capacitors or inductors in signal path
• Complementary MOSFET driver stage and JFET input stage
• 40 beta-matched 15 amp, 60 MHz bipolar output transistors
• 2.2 kVA encapsulated toroid power transformer with independent
    secondary windings for each channel
• 164,000 μF power supply filter capacitance
• DC Servo and relay protection circuits
• AC present, channel status, high temperature indicators
• Heavy-duty 24k gold-plated 5-way speaker terminals
• Gold-plated RCA input jacks; ground lift switch
• Auto turn-on by 12v trigger or audio signal

Specifications

Continuous power output:
250 watts RMS x 5, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 8 Ω, all channels driven
400 watts RMS x 5, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 4 Ω, all channels driven

Current capacity:
60 amperes peak per channel

Power bandwidth:
5 Hz - 100 kHz, +0/-3 dB at 1 watt

Total harmonic distortion:
< 0.2 % at full power

IM distortion: balanced 16 V rms
< 0.04 %

Slew rate:
> 130 V/µsecond

Dynamic headroom:
> 1.5 dB

Interchannel crosstalk:
> 78 dB at 1 kHz;
> 63 dB at 20 kHz

Input sensitivity:
1 V for 28.28 V, THX Reference Lev

Input impedance:
47 k Ω unbalanced; 94 k Ω balanced

S/N ratio:
112 dB, input shorted, IHF A-weighted

Damping factor:
> 1100 at 20 Hz

Voltage:
110V - 120V

Dimensions:
17-1/2" w x 7-5/8" h x 20" d, 7" h without feet

Net weight: 80 lb