Cary Audio SA-500.1 ES

For sale is a 6 month old pair of Cary SA-500.1 ES Mono Block amplifiers. They basically just broke in with about 200 hours on them. These are a very natural, neutral sounding amplifier with just a touch of Cary voicing without anything being exaggerated. Gobs of power to control just about any speaker you throw at them. These are the latest ES version with many sonic upgrades from the original. Only reason for sale is went with a full McIntosh set-up. Local Pickup preferred, come listen and buy, or I can drive to deliver or meet up to 2 hours from the Delran/Mt.Laurel NJ area. In person cash only. Shipping buyer pays Fed-Ex insured plus 3% PayPal fee.
From the Cary Website:

The introduction of the SA-500.1 ES solid-state power amplifier represents the next generation of the SA-500.1 design. It embodies a modular approach that ensures consistency in performance, and ease of manufacture and serviceability. In implementing the new design, we have dramatically improved performance and current-handling capacity over the previous model while still maintaining the highest levels of sonic quality.

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. The amplifier exhibits very high current capability, is stable into low impedance loads, and features 3 dB of dynamic headroom.

When we designed the SA-500.1 ES power amplifier, one of our primary goals was to create a product that would give years of consistent and reliable use without any maintenance. To achieve that goal we took a hard look at the design and choice of components. For example, we use high-precision metal film resistors in almost all our circuitry, even in places where their use is not required. We have overbuilt the output stage and increased the heat dissipating capabilities of the amplifier by as much as 50% over previous designs. The changes encompass almost every part of the design, down to the choice of thickness of the chassis sheet metal. The monolithic front end brought major advantages to the amplifier design with improved temperature stability, low offset, and a substantial reduction of all types of distortion across the full frequency spectrum.

Circuit TypeSolid State, Class A/BPower Output1 x 500 watts @ 8 Ohms from 20Hz to 20KHz
1 x 1000 watts @ 4 Ohms from 20Hz to 20KHzFrequency Response10Hz – 50KHz +/- 0.1 dBSignal-to-Noise Ratio>100dB, “A” WeightedInput Impedance30K Ohms RCA-unbalanced
30K Ohms – Balanced (XLR)Voltage Gain28 dBAC Power Requirements117/234 Volts AC @ 50/60 HzBreak-In Time100 hours of playing timeAudio Input1 RCA, 1 XLRAudio Output1 pair Heavy-duty, gold-plated binding postsTHDLess than 0.05% at rated outputDamping FactorGreater than 400 from 10Hz to 400HzRemote Trigger3.3-24v DC at 5mA or greaterFinishBlack powder coated matte chassis with silver or black aluminum faceplateWeight65 lbsDimensions7.75” H x 17.7”W x 19.5 ”D