First Watt SIT 5

[Axel C]

Just received the latest First Watt SIT 5 monos. Right out of the box they are simply far more musical than the XA60.8 they replaced. Another Nelson Pass masterpiece...

 

[Kingrex]

There is no such amp on the Nelson site.. You must be dreaming.

 

[Barry]

Look around.... https://6moons.com/audioreview_articles/firstwatt-sit5/

 

[Camus]

There is no such amp on the Nelson site.. You must be dreaming.

Very much real, they had them on demo at Capital Audiofest in November. Back to the original SIT-1 dual mono with the recent batch of Tokin transitor used in the SIT-4. In mono bloc configuration the SIT-5 will output 40 Watts vs the SiT-4 5 Watts

 

[Vicks7]

I really wish he would make these in balanced configuration.

 

[Kingrex]

Well????? What do you think?

 

[Jpspock]

Enough power to drive Alexia 2?

 

[Axel C]

Enough power to drive Alexia 2?

Plenty. 80-wpc into 4 ohms is a lot of power for a 90+ db efficient speaker. Believe it or not, even 5-wpc from the SIT-4 is enough for most of the music I play.

 

[Kingrex]

Plenty. 80-wpc into 4 ohms is a lot of power for a 90+ db efficient speaker. Believe it or not, even 5-wpc from the SIT-4 is enough for most of the music I play.

Can you tell us more? What other amps can you compare them too. Do you have any tube SIT?

 

[Laowei]

FirstWatt SIT5 – HiFi Knights

This is the www.hifiknights.com review of FirstWatt SIT5 mono amplifier. Author: Dawid Grzyb. Enjoy!

hifiknights.com

 

[Elberoth]

Do they put out a lot of heat?

 

[Axel C]

FirstWatt SIT5 – HiFi Knights

This is the www.hifiknights.com review of FirstWatt SIT5 mono amplifier. Author: Dawid Grzyb. Enjoy!

hifiknights.com

Yes - hot to the touch at idle.

 

[Elberoth]

Ok, I brought pair home to try