i have an original l’audiophile hiraga 20w class A amp
it’s a ridiculous product, a real show stopper, the best solid state ever unless your system can handle less watts then 8w le monstre. i had the original first watt SIT /SIT 3 me thinks/ and many other products that are designed to take valves out of the game. no comparison, hiraga sent them all to a depony.
i’ve never found anything like original hiraga, dynamics, harmonics, transients, involvement. no wonder stefano bertoncello from 2 good ears blog uses hiraga instead of thomas mayer tubes to feed his goto system. and he’s right. i won’t say its better then thomas mayer kits but inferior it ain’t.
jean hiraga is one of the unsang heroes of our saga. i trully hope he’s doing well. he turned 80 in 2023, i wish him a good health and many years to come.
i yet have to try his preamps but i kinda like what i have now. lots of silver wire on proper metglas amorphous cores.