Balanced Audio Techn. VK-200 Brochure

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VK

Balanced
Power Amplifier

200

Balanced Audio Technology

All excellent things

are as difficult as they

are rare.

—Benedict Spinoza

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Direct connection

Superb construction

Effortless coherence

Balanced Power

Amplifier

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VK

200

The Balanced Audio Technology VK-200 offers unparalleled musicality and
power in a compact design that integrates easily into the finest systems and living
arrangements. Fully balanced topology and a simple, direct signal path yield a
superbly transparent instrument that breathes life into music.

Universal authority

The VK-200 delivers 100 watts per channel into eight-ohm loads and 200 watts
per channel into four-ohm loads. Yet the VK-200’s real-world performance
transcends even these powerful ratings. Many supposedly higher-powered
amplifiers sound closed-in or compressed in direct comparison. The reason is
simple. By using only the fastest N-channel devices in a two-stage, single-ended
bridge design—without the debilitating effects of negative feedback—the
VK-200 responds instantaneously to changes in its input signal.

VK-200 Specifications

Output Power:

100 W per channel into 8 Ω
200 W per channel into 4 Ω
(both at less than 1% THD)

Frequency response @ -3 dB:

2 Hz to 200 kHz

Slew rate:

250V/µS

Input impedance:

100 kΩ each phase

Input signal for maximum output power:

1.6 V

Output impedance:

0.4 Ω

Power supply energy storage:

180 joules

Gain:

25 dB

Power consumption:

250 VA at idle
1000 VA maximum at full power

Dimensions:

19” W x 6.5” H x 18” D
(48 cm W x 17 cm H x 46 cm D)

Weight:

58 lb. (26 kg) unpackaged

Measurements reflect typical performance in
balanced mode.

Direct connection

A power amplifier by definition must have at least one gain stage. Most
amplifiers, however, are designed with three to five gain blocks as well as negative
feedback that recycles the input signal through an infinite loop. The Balanced
Audio Technology VK-200, by contrast, approaches the ideal of a direct
connection. Engineered to use only two gain stages, without feedback, in an
innovative single-ended bridge topology, the VK-200 frees the signal to give
the listener a direct emotional connection to the music.

Superb construction

The VK-200 features the exemplary build quality offered throughout the
Balanced Audio Technology line. One look inside reveals an elegant design with
none of the extraneous wiring that compromises the sound of lesser power
amplifiers. The substantial power transformer of the VK-200 is fully encapsulated
and shielded to preserve a low noise floor. Custom oil-filled signal capacitors
are used in critical locations. The net result is a balanced power amplifier that
combines innovative circuit design and meticulous execution to deliver
performance that is truly greater than the sum of its parts.

Effortless coherence

Music through the VK-200 reveals an effortless coherence, a transparency
and verve, that defy traditional categorization. Power. Delicacy. Detail.
Harmonic integrity. The VK-200 reconciles these qualities in a synergy
unique among amplifiers in its class. Listen to the VK-200 at your BAT audio
specialist and hear a balance of virtues you never thought possible.

26 Beethoven Drive 800.255.4228
Wilmington DE 19807 302.999.8855

302.999.8818 fax

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