I am looking to upgrade my amp and preamp.


I have been given a pair of Dunlavy 4a speakers, a Arcam amp and preamp.I need to upgrade the amp and preamp.I am looking at pass labs 250 amp and x-1 pre,Mark Levinson 333 Amp and 380s pre and conrad johnson ss MF2500 amp with the
17LS tube pre.Does anyone have any experience with any of these combos and the Dunlavy's?I listen to all types of music.I like slam, I like deep liquid soundstage,I like it all!If there is any other combo you like with the Dunlavy's, I would be interested in hearing about it.Thank you!
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Lots of good reports with Aloia and Dunlavy. I use two of them in bi-amp configuration with Cantatas and, well, this is just the best combination I have heard in my set up. You can get two used for the price of Levinson or Pass new. I ran with just one amp for quite a while before adding the second one. Do search on "Aloia" in the Learn section.
I listened to Spectral, Rowland, McCormack, Goldmund, Meridian...best in my system in order was:

Goldmund 28 - too expensive though...
Aloia
McCormack DNA-225
Meridian

Be sure to LISTEN in your system. Someday I just may get the Goldmunds though...