@yyzsantabarbara I was not referring CODA silky midrange in particular. The Krell model is 5x the price of the CODA I mentioned.
Amplifier recommendation
I have acquire a Acurus A150 amplifier a few month ago that powered a few speakers. They are my DIY Dayton speakers( was my first speakers for a while), Paradigm Mini Monitor v3 and now the new acquire Triangle BR03. The Triangle sound amazing with the A150 but I want to try another amp with similar specs. The two I was interested is the Bryston 3B SST or the Coda Model 11. The preamp is a Rotel RC995 which has balanced output to as well as RCA.
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I appreciate all of the responses. I may be vague on what I am looking for. It seems everyone like that smooth silky midrange sound as the main priority. Don't get me wrong when it comes to vocals and instrumental but I also like to keep it real and dynamic. I listen mainly streaming and most mostly rock and country. I do listen occasionally like Norah Jones and anything easy listening. My budget is around 1.2k but I can push it to 1.8k only if I need to. |
@samac Thanks for the recommendation. The RB-1590 does look sleek but for my speakers might be too much. The RB-1582 might be more suited for my taste. What about the mkii model? Is there an improvement from the original? |
@viridian What you suggest I should go to? The Rotel RC-995 might be outdated to today standards but I still think is a good value preamp that uses a beefier PS with a toroidal tranformer and balanced outputs. Compare to my previous model RC-980BX which is actually much older model, was night and day difference. Maybe the better route is to go integrated. @audition__audio Thanks for the comment. I am more looking for a neutral sound with no added coloration. Although I do praise tube sound it might not be my cup of tea at the moment. |