Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2018/04/20

Representing the next generation of the SA design, the SA-200.2 ES and SA-500.1 ES solid-state power amplifiers, embody a modular approach that ensures consistency in performance, and ease of manufacture and serviceability Cary Audio states, adding that in implementing the new designs, they improved performance and current-handling capacity over the previous models while still maintaining the highest levels of sonic quality.
The SA-200.2 ES is a 200 watt stereo amplifier into 8 ohms, (350 watts into 4 ohms), with balanced and single ended inputs. The SA-500.1 ES is a 500 watt monoblock amplifier into 8 ohms, (1000 watts into 4 ohms), with balanced and single ended inputs. According to the press release, both amplifiers exhibit very high current capacity, are stable into low impedance loads, and feature 3 dB of dynamic headroom.
According to the details published, Cary took a hard look at the designs and choice of components, by using, for example, high-precision metal film resistors in almost all the circuitry, even in places where their use is not required and have overbuilt the output stages and increased the heat dissipating capabilities of the amplifiers by as much as 50% over previous designs. The changes encompass almost every part of the designs, down to the choice of thickness of the chassis sheet metal. The monolithic front end brought major advantages to the amplifier designs with improved temperature stability, low offset, and a substantial reduction of all types of distortion across the full frequency spectrum.
The improvements in the power supply have brought gains in bass performance, which is now much more visceral and controlled even into difficult loads. Reducing the noise floor, increasing the isolation between the channels, and especially redesigning the sensitive front end of the amplifier has improved imaging, sound staging and depth retrieval. The midrange is now more lifelike and palpable, Cary Audio says.
The SA-200.2 ES and SA-500.1 ES are now shipping. The retail price for the SA-200.2 ES is $4,495 and the retail price for the SA-500.1 ES is $4,995 (both for the US market).

For more information: https://www.caryaudio.com/

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