Lyngdorf 2170 or 3400
Best used integrated under $5k
Hey guys
Preparing for a move out from our NYC apartment to a house in the suburbs.
As part of that planning to create dedicated 2 channel space. At the moment using my salk sound speakers with marantz receiver.
Plan is to get a new TT. Also last year I had done countless hours of auditions and based on that had settled on Wilson Sabrina. Planning to buy them used to save some dough.
Also planning to buy used integrated. Want to spend < $5000. Short list is
- Hegel 360
- Luxman 509
- ML 585
- Audio Research VSI75
- Naim Supernait 2
- Krell Vanguard
Bunch of these brands are not that easy to find in the used market and you have to wait.
Would appreciate any inputs on the above and anything else I should be looking at.
Preparing for a move out from our NYC apartment to a house in the suburbs.
As part of that planning to create dedicated 2 channel space. At the moment using my salk sound speakers with marantz receiver.
Plan is to get a new TT. Also last year I had done countless hours of auditions and based on that had settled on Wilson Sabrina. Planning to buy them used to save some dough.
Also planning to buy used integrated. Want to spend < $5000. Short list is
- Hegel 360
- Luxman 509
- ML 585
- Audio Research VSI75
- Naim Supernait 2
- Krell Vanguard
Bunch of these brands are not that easy to find in the used market and you have to wait.
Would appreciate any inputs on the above and anything else I should be looking at.
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The sound you are describing sounds like you should look seriously into a tube integrated... PrimaLuna EVO400 integrated is very, very good and describes your needs to a tee. I would consider changing from EL34's to KT150 to give you more power and a slightly tighter and pushier low end. It's at a small cost of air and space (where EL34's excels). |
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Corelli, fair point. Hopefully the following will add some value to the exchange: Here is the type of sound I like: 1. A tad bit warm while still having a lot of punch (nothing muddled about it) 2. Vocals (Diana Krall, John Mayer etc) have a level of cleanliness to it 3. Guitar (Gipsy kings, Jesse cook) sound airy without being lean 4. Speakers can fill a medium to large room (16’x16’x9’) even at modest volume and sitting on my sofa (9 ft away from speakers), I feel engulfed by the sound. Key is even at moderate volume. 5. It may be related to my first point above; forgiving of recordings that weren’t mastered at very high quality. |
Best? Hard to say. Great bargain? Krell KAV 300i https://www.stereophile.com/integratedamps/809/index.html |
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Jjss49 - not sure why you say H360 doesn’t have a DAC. It does. However I will have to get a separate phone stage with it. While I am planning to use this with my TT, it’s nice to have the flexibility to stream too. However none of these units are so called Swiss Army knives And won’t have all of the below: 1. Streamer 2.DAC 3. Phono stage 4.Pre+Power So with Hegel I will have go get phono. With ML585, i will have to get a streamer and either get 585.5 or get a phono stage too. With ARC I will have to get a streamer/DAC and Phono stage. With Luxman will have to get streamer/ DAC. With the exception of Hegel H360, all of these will require a streamer, which is fine. I left out brands like Plinius. It will be great to hear inputs on what else shall I add or feedback on the list I have. |