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Zen V9 (F3)

Name: First Watt Zen V9 (F3)
Brand: First Watt

First Watt

AmplifiersPower AmplifiersDiscontinued

Estimated price (community-sourced)

$550

About the Zen V9 (F3)

The Pass Labs Zen Variations 9 (ZV9) is a single-ended, fully Class A JFET power amplifier design from Nelson Pass, producing approximately 15 watts per channel into 8 ohms. It is part of Nelson Pass's Zen amplifier lineage — a series of PassDIY amplifier projects that emphasize circuit simplicity and pure Class A operation. The ZV9 was published as a design article in 2006 and is not a commercially manufactured product but a documented Pass-designed circuit available to the DIY community.

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