Thank you for choosing the sonaAMP and welcome to the extended family if this is your
first Peachtree Audio product! Our mission is simple: to make exceptional audio products
at affordable prices. Products that utilize a unique blend of cosmetic design, high-quality
materials, and intuitive user interface and most importantly; sublime sound quality.
Products for people like us… people that love to listen!
The sonaAMP is small yet very power amplifier designed to drive virtually any type of
loudspeaker with impedances as low as 2.5 ohms and as high as 16 ohms. It is a fully
balanced, dual-differential design that features an impressive power rating of 150 watts-
per-channel and both RCA and XLR inputs for easy connection to the preamplifier.
The sonaAMP features a class-A input buffer stage to drive the amplifier circuits. Signals
on the XLR inputs remain balanced all the way through the amplifier. Unbalanced inputs
are converted to balanced signals immediately after the input. When using balanced
connections between the sonaDAC and the sonaAMP, the audio signal remain fully
balanced from the DAC all the way through to the speaker outputs! This helps minimize
any unwanted noise from the audio circuits and ensure the cleanest signal path so the
gear won’t interfere with your enjoyment of the music.
The heart of the sonaAMP features the latest generation of switching amplifier technology
from ICE power, which includes patented HCOM modulation and control techniques to
ensure excellent audio performance. The amplifier is ~80% efficient so the majority of the
energy it consumes goes towards driving your speakers rather than trying to heat your
listening room. This allows the amplifier to be much smaller and lighter than typical analog
amplifier designs that require fans or massive heat sinks to dissipate the unused energy
as heat.
Please take a few minutes to review this manual and visit www.peachtreeaudio.com to
register your sonaAMP with us. Your information will not be shared and we will only
contact you with news that is directly relevant to you! If you have additional questions or
feedback please contact your dealer, distributor or Peachtree Audio directly.
We sincerely hope that you love your sonaAMP and that it brings you many years of
enjoyment. Thank you again for supporting Peachtree Audio and happy listening!
- Your friends at Peachtree Audio
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