Have you been enjoying your Gryphon Diablo 120 integrated ?

Essence separates should be better. There is almost always something better somewhere but you've got a great amp that should work fine for decades.

ryder, congratulations. Luxman can't compete with Gryphon, top Accuphase maybe, not sure, it probably depends.

ryder, you've got a great piece that should last forever.

No, no Pass. There are I think only two American companies that make top of the range transistor equipment - Boulder and D'Agostino.

Others are European and Japanese.

Look forward to reading about your impressions. Gryphon is among the very best SS equipment and should be an excellent match with most speakers.

Not familiar with your power cords, but try Gryphon stock power cord too.

Gryphon Diablo 120 and Harbeth must be an excellent match. Gryphon's phono stages are always excellent.

Give it some time to warm up/burn in. If it hasn't been used for a while it should sound better after a few dozens of hours or perhaps even after a few hours, hard to know in advance. What power cord do you intend to use with it ?

I really like Gryphon industrial aesthetics. But I also like vintage looking equipment, especially with vacuum tubes in it.

It's a beast. And it's got an excellent DAC, I heard.

arafiq, far be it from me to suggest that Gryphon is overall a better amp.

As you say, they are different, and of course both are in a different league than Luxman.

It is also about match to the speakers.

I seems that one of the main ideas is to get great dynamics. And for that it would be Gryphon not Vitus, I suppose.

Yeah, I guess it will very much depend on the speakers it is used with, preferences and db level you play at. However, 120 Gryphon watts is not little. Still, very hard to choose without comparing side by side.

Of course, I don't mind.

I heard rumors that Diablo 120 was more musical than Diablo 300 and that some people who didn't need the power of Diablo 300 chose the 120. But I heard it a few years ago when I was considering it. Perhaps now it is different. I understand, you are interested in new current Diablo.