Uni Sea Liquid Cooled vs McIntosh MC2301
The MC2301's power @ 8ω is 300W against the Uni Sea Liquid Cooled's 200W, its power @ 4ω 300W against 200W, its signal-to-noise 117 dB against 92 dB, and its thd 0.500% against 0.086%.
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The Von Gaylord Audio Uni Sea Liquid Cooled is an extremely high-power, tube-based monaural power-amplifier system. It comprises four chassis: two pure Class-A triode monoblock amplifiers, each with its own dedicated external power-supply chassis. Its distinctive thermal-management system circulates a viscous dielectric liquid in cylindrical reservoirs, supplemented by air cooling, to dissipate heat from the high-performance transmitting output tubes. Construction features manual bias adjustment, hand-soldered point-to-point wiring, proprietary internal Von Gaylord wiring, and oil-filled capacitors. Contemporary reporting places the production Uni/Uni Sea concept as early as 2005, while Von Gaylord material describes the liquid-cooled mono-amplifier system as developed in 2012; published specifications identify the Uni Sea version as a 200 W-per-channel design.
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