Help with possible integrated amp change for better match with my speakers.
Hello,
I've been using a Simaudio Moon 600i V1 to power my Focal L&R Utopia B speakers for some years now.
I have spent lots of time with power cord, and interconnect cable changes. Also different outlets (Furutech GTX-D, both NCF(R) and Gold) I've plugged the speaker ports for a less bloated sound and have the system sounding actually quite nice. BUT...... all the same I'm missing some of the fine micro details buried in the music.
This brings me to my question to you. I've been thinking about trying eather the Luxman L-509X or the L-595ASE integrated amps. Do you think this would give me better detail retrevial than my current 600i amp does? Would the 595ASE class A amp do a better job with my speakers than the 509X?
Or is there a better choice of integrated amp than this I should consider to achieve my goal for better resolution of fine micro details?
Thanks for your time and thoughts.
Thanks to all for the responses, and special thanks to @hbarrel for your detailed/time consuming response! I am cerious if you have an opinion on the Simaudio integrateds characteristics? My new speaker cables came yesterday. I spent hours listening and have to say, this has been a very positive change! The new cables have 7 hours on them now, I plan to leave the system on (FM tuner) for long periods of time for cable burn in, listening off and on over the coming days. |
@gakman ha ha the only thing that was time consuming was copy and pasting your question into the A.I. ChatGPT. And the subsequent copy and pasting of the A.I.’s answer into this forum. |
Just to throw out another option that may also help, take a look at the Anthem STR Integrated. You can use the ARC feature to tweak the sound to whatever you like, has a good amount of power and all the connections you could need. The separates are even better if you can go that route. All the STR stuff pops up on the used market now and then if you need to save a few bucks. |
