Anthem 225 vs Parasound A21 vs Emotiva Xpa 7 Gen 2


Hey guys, I am looking for a very detailed sounding amp for Sacd playback.I am not interested in power output  ,just smooth natural sound.These are my choices so far. Any input? alternates were Cambridge Azur 851 and Halo A21 and Audio Research 150.2.Thanks
mancub1

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What speakers are you driving with the (integrated)amp? I know you said ribon tweeters. I did mention integrated as I know you talked about amps driving directly from your oppo but have you thought about the flexibility of an integrated so your not tied to that oppo player for everything in the future or do you plan to add a pre amp later? I don't know much about the oppo players do they handle the volume control in the digital domain if so do they truncate the bits to vary the volume. If so you'd be better with an integrated amp and using the oppo directly out. Maybe someone else can chime in that knows more about the oppo players.