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hello everyone my experience with AR11A and 10pi I powered it with a Sansui AU11000a 12watt 8 ohm with great sound results IMHO great match. I tried an CARVER amplifier at the moment I don't remember which one I think Carver PM-1200 450 watts per channel into 8Ω (stereo) the sound was not interesting without life. I am currently running AR11 and AR10pi with Firstwatt 16watt 6ohm amplifier and I can say that I am more than satisfied, huge sound image strong deep bass. These are my experiences and I wanted to share them with you. I wish you the best in finding best match amplifies that go well with AR. Dick Olsher famously remarked that “The first watt is the most important watt.” This sentiment has also been expressed by others as “Who cares what an amplifier sounds like at 500 watts if it sounds like crap at one watt?” With this in mind, I created First Watt in 1998 as a "kitchen-table" effort, exploring unusual low power amplifiers with an emphasis on sound quality. Small amplifiers have a number of advantages over “big iron” in that very high quality can be achieved with simple Class A circuits using little or no feedback. There is no such thing as a perfect amplifier. All audiophiles and their associated equipment have specific needs, but in each case there is such a thing as a best amplifier - the one that makes you happy.

Klaus thank you. I will try to find Jensen capacitor 2700uf, somehow i would like to find a high quality audio capacitor 2500uf, but I do not know where to find where to look and what to look. If anyone has any idea I will be happy to listen. Thank you

Thank you Klaus yes tis is old topic I look for. Klaus I would like to do it like you did it. I'm not sure if i understand exactly how you did it, please help or can you explain the right way, where and how to place Jensen capacitor 2700uf and Duelund resistor and how to by-passed it with a 68 myF as well as a 2.2 myF.. I do not have knowledge in electronics, I have friend who has a lot of knowledge and will fix it for me, for this I ask you for your guidance. In the link you sent for Jensen capacitors the page no longer works, I wonder maybe you know where it is possible to get Jensen capacitors. I apologize for my poor English. Thank you.

Hi thank you for recomendation. If I remember correctly some time ago some members did use JENSEN capacitors and delund resistor and mention that they by pas some capacitors, I don't know where to find topic post. I would like to find that topic. Maybe if anyone else has any recommendation I would love to hear. Thank you.

Greetings. I m new member on this great forum with a lot of information. I love sound of acoustic research speakers and I own some of them. I have question for recommendation for recap ar 10 pi I would like to use high quality capacitor 2500uf. Some time ago I did recap on ar11 and I use for H and M range Jantzen superior z-cap capacitors, and for L range cheaper Jantzen cross cap. I am very pleased with the result the sound is nice, rich and full of details. My plan is the that I buy the same value Jantzen capacitors like in AR11 for AR10 pi But it is not clear to me what to use for 2500uf capacitor. I would ask you for your opinion and your recommendation, on what and how to do it. I apologize for my poor English Thank you. Miha