Accuphase E408, E407 or E530 ?

I had just went down to Accuphase dealer. They are clearing out their E530 at a special price of S$6500. As compare to the price of E408, its just S$250 more. Now, I really don't know which one to buy ???

The size of my living room is 4.15 m X 4 m.

Thanks for your advice. I will go down & listen between the E408 & E530 one of these day.

I heard that the E530 sound is not so bassy ( no bass ? )as compared to the E408.

Now I had a second hand offer of E408 at S$5200 from Maurice's recommendation.

Thanks again.

The only question is "is it worthwhile spending S$6500 on just an integrated amp ?"

With S$6500, I could easily get a 2nd hand pre-power. The sound should be better ( I presumed ) than an integrated.

What do u think ?

At last, I got the E530.

I audit the E408 & E530, the E530 sound is much cleaner & refined. The smooth, warm & extended soundstage is much better than the E408.

I heard the E408 & E530 driving the BMW 802D with ease.

Amp will only arrive at this Friday.

At last, it's here the Accuphase E530 integrated amp.

Wow, the packaging is first class. Accuphase really treat this baby well. The amp was covered with a cloth. Surprise that all the RCA connectors are provided with caps which I don't see it in any other equipment.

The remote is metallic. The weight of the machine is 28 Kg.
Really take me a while to setup.

Now is the listening test. As compared to my E206, cannot compared. Its totally a different class. The E530 after 15 minutes of warm-up had everything. The sound is so sweet, soundstage is really opened & lifeful. Its like the singer is singing infront of u. Bass is smooth. Its not rough. Its very pleasing. The detail is fanastic. U can really hear everything clearly as whatever that is record in the disc ( what I mean that the small detail is clearer ).

The machine feel warm. U can feel the warmness above 20 cm on top the cover but its not hot & u can still touch the cover.

Anyway, its really very good. A very great improvement in my sound. In term of detail, dynamic, bass, clarity, focus. Its had everything. The build quality is fanastic. This is what I mean hi-end. This amp can easily beat any of the pre-power outside easily.

Now, maybe I should think about upgrading my cable. Any recommendation ?

Thanks for reading.

No, it powered my SF Concerto, should be more than sufficient.

Thinking of upgrading my speaker ( JM Lab Diva Be ? )down the road.

Ever heard this amp driving the 802D at showroom. Its amazing. Comparing it to E408 driving 802D. No doubt that the E408 can give u a lot of punch on the bass but its still no match compared to the E530 in term of sweetness, detail & clarity when driving the 802D. Its much much better.

U will noticed that the 802D when driven by the E408 sound confused ( separation of sound is not clear ).

Is it too big for my room ?

Proac is also a good speaker but I find that the speaker is too warm. Also did not heard anything about the company development recently ( no new model announced ).

What do u think of the JM Lab Utopia BE sound as compared to the BMW Diamond series ? A lot of debate on this 2 speakers.

I recently visited Jay Audio ( dealer for JM Lab ). He told me a number of his sonus faber & BMW customer is switching to the new JM Lab new Utopia BE speaker models & feeling very happy .

Any opinion ?

Thanks for your advise. I will audit them later.