When I owned the GE Triton Ones, I drove them with an Odyssey Stratos, a Conrad Johnson 250 wpc amp, and a McIntosh MC152 amp. I moved on to the GE Triton Refernce Speakers and a McIntosh 300wpc amp. They sounded good with all the amps. Erik Squires loves to push Parasound and does not like the GE line of speakers as he thinks they are too bright. I do not find the GE speakers bright at all. Sandy Gross the designer of the speakers used a tube amp in his personal system. They sounded fantastic with tubes. Personally, I would go with Prima Luna’s hybrid amp. You get the best of both worlds, a solid state output with a tube input. I would talk to Uncle Kevin at Upscale Audio as he is also the distributor of the Prima Luna line.
After 20 years, in the market for a power amp
Hello:
Longtime lurker/reader of this forum. Recently my long time and beloved Odyssey Khartago shed its left channel and I had been long past ready to move on from it anyway. I am a typically slow upgrader as I am much more a listener than a tweaker. It is therefore time to invest in a new power amp. My system specs:
GoldenEar Triton Ones
Rega P8 TT w/Apheta 3
Aria phono amp
Primaluna Dialogue Premium p/a
Rotel 1570 CD spinning into a Schiit Yggdrasil
Odyssey Khartago Power amp
AntiCable interconnects
AudioQuest speaker cable
The Khartago, while wholly competent, has long since since been bypassed by the rest of my gear. Looking for something with some synergy with the Primaluna.
Budget $5-7k. Been researching feverishly but it is difficult to get an audition. Suggestions?
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