Balanced Audio Technology VK-6200 Amplifiers
Balanced Audio Technology VK-6200 Amplifiers
USER REVIEWS
[Apr 11, 2010]
llego_van_van
AudioPhile
I bought this baby brand new in 2002, and is been the best all around amplifier in my system ever since. I have owned the following and sold them all.
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[Jun 13, 2005]
tdavism3
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Excellent around performer, great build quality.
Weakness:
Very heavy (180 lbs.) and bulky. Simply put, this is a tremendous amplifier for both 2 channel and HT applications. I would stack this amp up against many two channels amplifiers. The 6200 can handle the power and weight of action adventure movies while at the same time providing the delicacy necessary on instrumental and vocal tracks. Similar Products Used: Theta Dreadnaught, Krell TAS, Bryston 9B-ST. |
[Dec 18, 2004]
Robert Woolley
AudioPhile
Strength:
Dynamics, soundstaging, detail......in short everything the "high end" is all about. Plus there is a great and caring company behind it.
Weakness:
Weight. A strong back is needed to move this behemoth!! I'm sure you have all read the numerous and glowing reviews of this flagship amp from BAT. Let me begin by saying that I had a problem when the unit was delivered. I called BAT and they had one of their techs drive a new amp from Delaware to my home in Queens, NY. Unbeatable service!!! A great sounding SS amp. Period!! Similar Products Used: Outlaw Audio 5 channel amp |
[Apr 21, 2003]
Tyke
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Soundstage, bass, unbelievable midrange, retrieval of detail. Build quality.
Weakness:
Weight, size. My Sunlight Cinema Grand was struggling to give me the control over the ProAc Response 2.5's that I had bought. I auditioned several high-end amps: Chord (too clinical, but great control of the lower frequencies), Classe (sweet sound, but not enough control of the bottom end), TAG (as bad as I remember Audiolab being!), and Meridian. Just as I was about to give up and keep my Sunfire, I came across the BAT. Very expensive (most US stuff is in the UK), massively heavy, but beautifully built. Oh, but that sound! It combined everything that I had liked about the Classe and Chord amps, but took it all to a new level. Unbelievably detailed sound, that somehow makes the music come alive..you can actually sense the emotion in well recorded CDs. Soundstaging that almost makes stereo tracks sound like surround sound. Until I heard this amp (and I have also owned Krell and Boulder amps in the past)I did not believe that such an involving experience listening to a CD was possible, but the BAT reveals things in music I have not heard before. Equally on DVD: the Eagles DTS version of Hell Freezes Over is one that I have played to death over the years, and yet playing it through the BAT was a completely different experience, huge soundstage, and incredible detail, but also a quality to Henley's vocals that I had not picked up before - an amazing experience. I am using a Meridian 598, with a Lexicon MC8 PreAmp, Chord Cables throughout (Signature interconnects and Odyssey speakers). I urge anyone in the market for a stereo or multi-channel amp to give this baby a listen..it is truly an awesome piece of kit. Similar Products Used: Krell, Boulder, Chord, Classe, Meridian. |
[May 09, 2001]
Marvin Chang
Audiophile
I didn't own it, but I heard this amp at the dealer. It is great sounding. The dealer compare the tube 75SE and the 6200, it is very diffecult to tell the difference. Yes, the deler also use the 50SE pre amp. |