Frequently Asked Questions
Specifications
What is the 4 ohm power rating for your amplifiers?
Please refer to individual amplifier ratings on their respective pages.
What size fuse should I use on my equipment?
Always use quick-blow fuses for speaker fuses. Always use slow-blow (a.k.a. Slo-Blo® and time-delay) fuses for power fuses.
For specific fuse ratings, refer to the labeling on the back of your equipment.
Associated Equipment
What cables do you recommend?
AVA products are designed to use any modern interconnect cable or power cord. We recommend that you use rationally priced, well-built cables, such as those made by Blue Jeans Cable.
Very expensive cables or cords are unlikely to produce any improvement in sound with AVA equipment.
General questions
Do you have a dealer network where I can listen to your products?
We sell factory-direct to you at essentially dealer cost. Using a high-end dealer network would double your prices. We were one of the pioneers of the factory-direct approach, going all the way back to the 1970s.
In addition to the cost savings, we love that we are able to provide our customers with high-quality information using this approach. There are a lot of questionable ideas floating around in high-end audio. Having a direct connection with our customers gives us the opportunity to provide you with high-quality information and guide you to satisfyingly and truly better audio.
In other words, we can do better direct, without distraction and misinformation.
We do offer a satisfaction guarantee on factory-wired AVA components so you can audition them yourself without significant financial risk. We do this because we are confident that you will be more than satisfied with our equipment.