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Bryston Amp Experience Needed

I am currently running Kef R11’s (rated 15-300 watts) with an Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 3 amp (300wpc).

I am looking to upgrade to a Bryston from the used market.

I can get a 3B3 (200wpc) for around 3K (which is my budget), or I can not eat for a few months and get a 4B3 (300wpc) for around 4K.

Since I am used to the 300wpc on the Emotiva - am I going to notice a huge difference with a drop to 200wpc with the 3B3?

I do like to crank up the volume from time to time, but I generally listen at low to medium volumes.  I also mostly listen to modern metal/rock/synth-pop/r&b/hip-hop, and a lot of Tori Amos.....

Thx !!
drhelzer

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vardakannan
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I currently have a Marantz Cinema 40 driving my Kef meta r11's , kef meta r6 center, meta r8 and meta q8 for height speakers, KC 92 sub and q1 meta surrounds. I live in an apartment and my room size is about 15x25 feet and my MLP is around 13 feet. I am enjoying my setup but considering upgrading to the 4B3 for enhancing my music experience. The problem is that I love movies as well and 9B is also on the table .

What should I do? Should I get the 4b3 or 9B? Also does it matter that my Marantz only has RCA preamp outs vs ideally using SLR? 

Any help or feedback is appreciated

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