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A-48 Technical Information

The new Accuphase A-48 class-A stereo power amplifier is the successor to the A-47 and features several improvements including lower noise, higher damping factor, upgraded components, and improved protection circuits to enhance safety and reliability.

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A-48 Technical Information

The new Accuphase A-48 class-A stereo power amplifier is the successor to the A-47 and features several improvements including lower noise, higher damping factor, upgraded components, and improved protection circuits to enhance safety and reliability.

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Accuphase class-A stereo power amplifiers have a long

and distinguished history, since the P-260 launched in


1979, we have continued to develop them up until today.

The new A-48 is the latest class-A stereo power amplifier


and the succession model of A-47.

A-48 achieved the further low noise performance and


super high damping factor that are in the class of its own,
with inheriting the ultimate technology features of the A-
250, the flagship class-A monophonic power amplifier.

Accuphase also offers the new ideas to prevent the


speaker short-circuit accident for a customer to use in
relief.

Evolved A-48 will surely attract the customers with its


pure class-A sound.

1
A-48 newly applied a top plate made of brushed
aluminum with a hairline finish. It demonstrates a level of
dedication and hands-on craftsmanship that pervades
every aspect of this product.

**The former model A-47 used the velvet-coated iron top


plate.

Needle power meter with indication range to -50dB is


able to move even at the small volume level less than -
60dB.

2
Strong power supply with a massive special made high-
efficiency toroidal transformer and two large 60000μF
special made filtering capacitors are installed.

The capacitance of capacitor is reinforced compared to


the former model.
**A-47: 56000μF

3
The continuous average output power(rated output
power) is 45W into 8Ω load.
However, its actual maximum output power is bigger,
saying 102W into 8Ω and 438W into 1Ω load.

**Output power is as same as A-47.

4
The performance highlights of A-48 are “Ultra low noise”
and “Super high Damping Factor”.

The A-48 features the latest instrumentation amplifier


topology. It consists of a complete balanced input
amplifier block and a power amplifier block.

The balance input amplifier block is related to the noise


performance and the power amplifier block is related to
the Damping Factor.

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The former model A-48 has the excellent noise
performance.
However A-48 achieves even 1dB higher guaranteed S/N
ratio than A-47.

A-47 guarantees, S/N ratio: 116dB @Maximum-gain

6
The output noise is reduced by the fully discrete
configuration amplifier circuit which any ICs are not
installed on the signal paths.

It is exactly same circuit configuration as Class-A Stereo


Power amplifier A-75.

7
A-48 has the guaranteed 800 of Damping Factor.
It is 33% higher than the former model A-47.

**Damping Factor:
A index of speaker driving ability.
Higher Damping Factor amplifier has higher speaker
driving ability.
D.F. = 8Ω / Output-impedance

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The output impedance is decreased by 6 parallel push-pull
final stage arrangement of MOS-FETs.
Circuit configuration of the power amplifier engine is as same
as Class-A Stereo Power amplifier A-75.
A-48 features the new power MOS-FET device which is
heavy-duty and has the large rated current characteristic.
**Current capacity of power MOS-FET
A-47’s MOS-FET(Toshiba): 10A
A-48’s MOS-FET(Fairchild): 33A

A-48’s MOS-FET

9
Remote Sensing is the technique to lower the output
impedance of amplifier by the negative feedback with
signal sensing from nearby the speaker terminals.

Balanced Remote Sensing is the technique to make the


output impedance even lower by both the signal sensing
and the GND sensing, that is the negative feedback of
GND level.

Not only Damping Factor, but also Total Harmonic


Distortion and Intermodulation Distortion are all improved
by the Balanced Remote Sensing.

10
Mechanical relays are the common components for speaker
protection.

But, As the contact resistance of mechanical relay is higher


than people think, Accuphase has chosen the MOS-FET
switch instead of conventional mechanical relays for speaker
protection.

Thanks to this MOS-FET switch, the Damping Factor,


reliability and sound quality are all improved.

A-48 features the new MOS-FET device for this switch which
has very low on-resistance.
**On-resistance of MOS-FET device
A-47’s MOS-FET: 1.9mΩ
A-48’s MOS-FET: 1.0mΩ

A-48 employs carefully-selected very low impedance


components such as the large speaker terminals and so on.
Making signal paths thick and short also helps attaining the
low impedance.

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To enhance the further product safety and reliability, A-
48 improves the protection circuit on Power amplifier
section.

・Newly-developed protection circuit


Over current protection circuit using photo-coupler is
applied, it does not affect the sound quality at all.

・Temperature-sensor
Temperature-sensors which detects the heatsink
temperature are installed on the heatsink(2 sensors on a
heatsink). Thanks to this, the unit accurately ascertains
the high temperature alarm in power amplifier section.

**When these protection circuits are activate, the unit


completely interrupts speaker output and makes the
power meters flash to indicate an abnormal condition.

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