why r u didn't invite me to your new topic? i'm sure will support u one mah since i had owned 8000a and 8000p. i tried to connect my rogers l7t to 8000a its result not really satisfied to me, the datail and sound field are lost, vocal also bright and its noisy. offcaurse i compare with connected 8000p as power amp. So my recommendation is don't use the power amp in 8000a.
i read a review from web 8000a may be is not a good sound as 8000s they recommend to use 8000s or 8000q for pre amp and 8000px or 8000mx2 for power amp. since i am not holding the above models then i might sell it off, that's why i don't plan to mod. them.
i'm looking for 2nd hand 8000s + 8000px or 8000q + 8000mx2, or i will try quad pre and power if i can find.
first, i don't planed to use 8000a for long so i will not do any modification to this amp. secondly, i said 8000s is better then 8000a in the pre side is not because of 8000s had a selector to cut off the internal bridge, it is because of 8000s using the same circuit design with 8000Q which is the highest end pre-amp from audiolab where 8000a using more simple circuit design. ofcaurse the clarity will be better if i change all the ecap to bk but it's still not as good as 8000s. 8000s is really a protential amp if mod. the 2nd hand market price difference from RM 200 to RM 400 only, why not we change it to 8000s (it's come with remote control as well).
this is just my view about audiolab's products. and believe you already had listen to 8000s at superwhite's house, right? : : : : :