A customer asked me to compare Cherry MEGA MONO (with 1500W transformer and Quad Rail Caps) to McIntosh MC501 (discontinued) since that's what he has currently. Both are monoblocks....
Power Output, continuous into 4Ω load
McIntosh: 500W
Cherry: 900W
THD+N, 10W into 8Ω
McIntosh: 0.005%
Cherry: 0.001%
SNR, A-weighted
McIntosh: 124dB
Cherry: 120dB
Damping Factor
McIntosh: 100
Cherry: >400
Frequency Response
McIntosh: 10Hz to 100kHz (AC coupled)
Cherry: 0Hz to 150kHz (DC coupled)
Input Impedance
McIntosh: 20kΩ
Cherry: 20kΩ
Input Sensitivity
McIntosh: 4.2V
Cherry: 3.2V
Weight
McIntosh: 92 lbs
Cherry: 42 lbs
Idle Power Consumption
McIntosh: unknown (expected to be >100W)
Cherry: 20W
Sleep Mode Power Consumption:
McIntosh: no sleep mode
Cherry: 8W