{"id":152769,"date":"2022-12-12T21:02:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T21:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=152769"},"modified":"2022-12-12T21:02:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T21:02:57","slug":"zesto-audio-eros-500-select-tube-monoblocks-in-class-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/zesto-audio-eros-500-select-tube-monoblocks-in-class-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Zesto Audio Eros 500 Select: Tube monoblocks in class A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American company\u00a0Zesto\u00a0Audio\u00a0introduced\u00a0Eros 500\u00a0Select\u00a0tube monoblocks , operating in pure class A. At the same time, the amplifier is capable of developing up to 250 watts!\u00a0The novelty comes with KT150\u00a0lamps\u00a0, but can be used with KT88, KT120 and KT170.\u00a0The output stage is implemented on six lamps operating in parallel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/252_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To adapt to other models of output tubes, the amplifier is equipped with a three-position switch for the\u00a0<i>Auto Bias Select<\/i>\u00a0system .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/253_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For connection to a preamp, the Zesto Audio Eros 500 Select monoblock is equipped with both balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA inputs.\u00a0There are separate outputs for acoustics with a nominal impedance of 4 and 8 ohms.\u00a0In addition, there is a SpeakOn connector on the back of the amplifier housing for connecting an active subwoofer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/254_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zestoaudio.com\/eros-500-select-power-amp\/\">Zesto\u00a0Audio\u00a0Eros 500\u00a0Select<\/a>\u00a0tube monoblocks\u00a0are already on sale for a suggested price of\u00a0$35,000\u00a0per pair with KT150 tubes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American company\u00a0Zesto\u00a0Audio\u00a0introduced\u00a0Eros 500\u00a0Select\u00a0tube monoblocks , operating in pure class A. At the same time, the amplifier is capable of developing up to 250 watts!\u00a0The novelty comes with KT150\u00a0lamps\u00a0, but can be used with KT88, KT120 and KT170.\u00a0The output stage is implemented on six lamps operating in parallel. To adapt to other models of output [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/zesto-audio-eros-500-select-tube-monoblocks-in-class-a\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":152770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-152769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}