Take this 2006 New US Limited Edition Dared
MP-15 SET amp now and enjoy the music like you never experienced before. The
MP-15 based on early model of MP-7 is designed for human ears, not for testing
equipment (click here to see). The MP-15 is much better! It uses KT88 tubes instead of 6L6 tube for SET output that performs
like most 300B SET amps but double the output power 18 wpc (max). It can drive about any
speaker.
The amp uses 110 Volts only (North America
version). It has an EM80/6E2(or
EM87) green cat's-eye tube (tube metering). The two light-green bars
displayed on EM87 tube are dancing with the music. As the amp approaches full
power, two light-green bars close in, from top and bottom (cat's eye close). If
they touch, the amp has clipped. This amp preserves the superb resolution of
details and gives pinpoint imaging with incredible sound purity. This amp is stereo (two channels only) and has three inputs with a select switch so you can
connect CD player, Tuner, and Tape player or other sources. There are three
speaker taps each channel, one for 8 Ohm, one for 4 Ohm and other one is
ground.
This amp is a reference level amp (We believe
it is one of the best amps in its class on the market today):
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Parts |
Parts brand
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Comments |
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Coupling Capacitors |
US-made, world finest capacitor. (US
version only) |
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Signal bypass Capacitors |
Japan-made, best of the best dielectric
capacitors. No other manufactures can or will do this since the BlackGate
production has been stopped in Japan. (US version only) |
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Key Resistors |
US-made, Allen Bradley NOS resistors. (US
version only)
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PCB |
Gold (not copper or sliver) |
Dared had tried both copper/silver PCB and
pure point-to-point wire, the gold PCB performs best. Even most >$5000 amps do not offer
gold board. |
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Tube sockets |
Gold contact (not copper) |
Even most >$5000 amps do not offer gold tube sockets. |
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Solder |
Lead-free |
Full CE compliance |
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Transformers and chokes |
HQ customized |
QA oxygen-free high-conductivity copper
(OFHC) and high permeability Si-steel (Silicon steel, Hipersil from Japan)
sheet coil adopt sectionalized, stratified and strands parallel winding. |
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Signal wires |
Pure sliver (shield) |
From RCA inputs to the volume pot are pure
silver wired, no messy/lengthy wire, no thin wire jump connections. Others
are high grade OFC wires. |
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Frame/design |
Chromed Steel chassis, wooden piano gloss cheeks |
The chassis and internal layout were
totally redesigned. Dared leveraged SANYO QC management after SANYO OEMed thousands
of MP-7 or so-called MP8
last year. This amp truly takes both best worlds: high-end and consumer
electronics. No other tube brand amp on market today is built in this way. |
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Fuses |
Four fuses protection |
Main, on board B+/Tube/transformer
protections (very few amps can be found in the market to do this, even some
of most expensive amps do not offer this) |
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Volume Pot |
HT audiophile grade |
Dared had tried many other brands, and
found the Taiwan-made HT perform best on this amp. |
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Filter capacitors |
Nippon, Nichico |
Japan made |
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Tubes |
Shugaung |
KT88 (KT94,KT90,KT100), 6N3, EM80/6E2
(EM87) |
The amp is self-bias so there is no need of biasing if you
change the tubes within same types. It can drive almost any type of speakers (> 85 dB), but it with
high efficient speakers will perform even better if you like laud music. We
have tested this amp with several different high-end speakers, 87 dB and 90
dB. The results are just unbelievable.
Again,
click following pictures to see the details why this amp is better than most
>$2000 amps out there:
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Tech Spec by manufacture:
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Power of output |
18 Watt per channel (max) |
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Frequency response |
10Hz - 30 kHz -/+ 1 dB |
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THD |
< 1% |
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S/N |
>88 dB |
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Output Impedance for speakers |
8 and 4 Ohm |
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Voltage of Power |
110 volt (60/50 Hz) |
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