Accuphase or Leben for heavy metal


Guys, I have a short and practical question. I have an opportunity to buy either Accuphase E600 or Leben CS600X at good price. I listen to a wide range of music, but particularly interested in which if these two amps is better for heavy metal particularly. Under all other equal conditions, speakers are easy to drive 90db Piega at the moment. Maybe none of these two, which is also an option.

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+1 @lalitk on SPL

Their stuff is powerful, dynamic, clean, holographic while balanced, yet still super nuanced. I’ve got the Elector pre and have to say that I’m enjoying everything from chamber jazz to AC/DC with two different amps used so far. Something about that high voltage rail tech they’ve designed.

Elector pre + Performer s1200 or Elector + s800 (budget option). They also have incredible mono amps. But looks like you want to stay with an integrated and hope I’m not colluding the discussion!

I do need to add, however, that those Piegas are sensitive enough to not need too heavy a wattage amp. You may not need so much wattage to drive them to concert levels, and that current via power supply and capacitance delivery (both in speed and sustained demands) by design is way more important than overall wattage. But wattage does help. My uneducated guess, at least 120 watts per channel would be fine if the amp is down to 2 ohm stable.

Also, are the Piegas floor-standers? And what’s your room size?