Sophia Electric™ Magic 126S
Dual Mono Stereo Integrated Amplifier
User Reviews
Design Objective:
Sophia Electric’s Year 2012 model of 126S tube amplifier was designed for those who desire for 300B like sound yet output 3x more power than a typical 300B amplifiers to drive main stream speakers and those big horn speakers with 15 inch woofers.
Sonic characters and design features:
1. Sophia Electric was the first company in modern time to use pentode input driver tube in Push-Pull amplifier since WE 124 of the vintage time. The use of pentode tube does give Sophia Electric 126S a sonic characters like WE 124, yet output 25W X 2 of power and with easy to use characters like WE142.
2. S stands for self-bias design. The use of cathode self-bias is a big plus for ultra user friendly. User can swap any brands of output tubes without the need of re-biasing.
3. This Sophia Electric 126S amplifier has lush, buttery smooth sound, yet vivid, detail at the same time like 300B amplifier due to its use of user friendly cathode self-bias design, quite different from today’s push-pull amplifiers that use fixed bias.
4. User friendly selectable Pentode/Triode mode for output tubes.
Sophia Electric’s El34 Triode output, unlike other amplifiers in the market, is very listenable at 15W output without reduction of input sensitivity (about the same input sensitivity as Pentode mode).
Pentodes mode and Triode mode can be easily switched by user when the amplifier is off.
This triode feature comes without extra cost.
5. Integrated dual mono stereo design. Can be used with CD player with or without a pre-amplifier.
6. The artistic taste in looks and sonic beauty combined with real world output power as well as an attractive price of USD$4500 for USA model, $5000 for European/Asian/Japan models should make it an easy choice for the buyers.
Specification:
| Amplifier Design: |
Self-biased El34 push pull circuit with Pentode tube as input/driver (similar sound to WE 124 and WE 142) |
| Power Output: |
25W per channel x 2 with input sensitivity of 0.375V RMS |
| Inputs: |
Five sets of RCA inputs. |
| Output Tubes: |
6CA7/KT77/EL34 family tubes x 4 units |
| Frequency: |
12Hz - 35 KHz at -+3dB |
| Signal/Noise Ratio: |
-90dB |
| Hum: |
1.5mv with AC tube filament |
| Dimensions: |
8" H x 18" W x 12" D |
| AC Power: |
USA/European/Asian/Japan model |
| Power Transformer Rating: |
250W |
| Power Consumption: |
100W in normal listening |
| Required break in time: |
50-100 hours on tubes, 200 hours on output transformers |
| Warranty: |
One year parts and labor, one year for Sophia Electric brand tubes, 6 month for non-Sophia Electric tubes. |
Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.
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