New Pathos Acoustics Kratos is now in production. Kratos’ name comes directly from its most important feature: power. In Greek mythology, indeed, Kratos was the god of strength, might and power. Kratos is based on Pathos’ hybrid circuit, with tubes pre-stage and Mosfet final stage; it has 200W for each channel. But that’s not all. Kratos’ pre-stage and final stage are clearly separated, with a prestigious pre-out and direct input to final stage; both pre-out and final stages are balanced XLR .
Its preamplification circuit is in pure class A; it uses Tung-Sol ECC803s tubes: sound is warm, deep, dynamic. Final Mosfet stage in class AB is strongly polarized in class A; its great power both at 8 and 4 Ohms makes Kratos able to drive any loudspeaker.
Kratos is also headphone amplifier with a dedicated circuitry (2 W @ 32 Ω).
Design is inspired by Logos, the great Pathos’ historic product. But this is a simple aesthetic affinity: similarities stops here. Kratos hides new technical solutions which make it the leading-edge-product between non-InPol amplifiers.
Kratos’ basic features (5 RCA, 2 balanced XLR, digital display, remote-controlled functions) could be improved by a DAC (optional) and a RIAA phono input (optional).
Specifications
– Type Hybrid stereo amplifier, fully balanced.
– Preamplifier stage: tubes, class A, 2 x TungSol ECC803S
– Final stage: Mosfet, bridge configuration, class AB
– Output Power 2 x 200WRMS @ 8 Ω, 2 x 350WRMS @ 4 Ω
– Max input voltage 5V RMS
– Input sensitivity 0,7VRMS
– Input impedance 47K
– Pre out gain 6dB
– Gain 36dB
– Connections
– Analogue inputs 2 balanced XRL line, 5 unbalanced RCA line, 1 balanced XRL direct to the power amp
– Optional inputs HiDac Mk2
– Phono stage RIAA for MM/MC
– Outputs 1 Pre out stereo unbalanced RCA, 1 Pre out stereo Balanced XLR
– Headphone Specifications
– Output power 3,3 W @ 16 Ω , 2 W @ 32 Ω
– MAx output level 10V RMS
– Dimensions
– Amplifier 430mm (D) x 530mm (W) x 195mm (H)
– Weight (net / packed) 40Kg