Amplifier for Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage


I am looking for an amplifier for the Guarneri Homage. I saw the other post on the same subject but I am hoping for additional input. Your help is appreciated.
crozbo

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After many months of auditioning amps for the Guarneri's I have found the most incredible sounding amp for these wonderful speakers. It is the Graaf GM200, output transformerless and output capacitorless. 32 tubes on the output stage and eight tubes handle other various functions. 200 watts per channel. The most musically realistic sounding amp ever. With this amp you peer deeply into the recordings innermost musical structure. Wide deep soundstage, bass is layered, brass is full and rich, voices are hauntingly real. The details are marvelous.
If you own a pair of Guarneri's you must hear this amp.

Cyrus cd + tuner
Graaf 13.5b preamp
Graaf gm200
Sonus faber guarneri,s
Kimber select black pearl silver wiring
I tested YBA 1, YBA integrated, AR VSi55, Copland, Shanling stp80, unison s2, unison unico i and others.
The best sounding system I found was the Graaf 13.5B II tube preamp with Graaf GM20 otl ocl (a little expensive, but worth it), this system is very accurate, quiet, smooth realistic vocals, strings, bass strings. It is magical sounding (no transformers, no capacitors) this is about as direct as it gets. If your room is large, buy the GM200 you will appreciate the extra watts, I am listening at low volumes nearfield in a 10x11 office. I have ordered the Graaf GM200 for another system, this should be amazing.
Graaf is made in Modena Italy near Ferrari, they use the best materials in there hand built instruments. I had 4 audiophiles with me when I first hooked up this amp and they told me that they had never heard an amp so transparent and smooth, after a few hours of course the ss guys when against the tube guys as usual, but even the ss guys were impressed with the delicacy of female vocals and strings. If I listened to the system louder I would run the GM20 in mono (I hear they are spectacular). It runs hot, but that is a small price to pay for that warm tube sound. My Guarneri's sing with this wonderful amp. Another collectible just like the Guarneri's.