If I like sound of Ayre Integrated I would Like...


I am trying to get ideas of what Ingrted Amps I might need to look at before buying.

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Showing 8 responses by dkzzzz

I got one answer from you, thank you. I also got a lot of spam.
It is frustarting to waste so much time on the way to somewhat realistic sound only becaue this market is full magic, woodoo...
Strange, I never heard tube amplifier with clear open treble or tight controlled bass.
I liked Ayre for the fact that it has open dynamic sound ,fuller spectrum than most of the amps I have heard (YBA, MF, Krell, Plinius, Unison.....etc)
As a matter of fact I am not into tubes. I consider tube equipment a nostalgic novelty and nothing more.

P.S. I am really looking for only SS equipment and I do want it to have flat extended response.
Tube SS argument will go on as long as Last fo dynosaurus still alive. By dynasoaurses I meant some Chinese/Russian factories that still make tubes on equipment they pu togetaher in 50s for defence purposes, as well as all those dudes that used to follow Greatfull Dead around.
Seriously, why do I see so many requests for :Recommend me a warm sounding.....recommend me a smooth sounding....etc.
Tubes vs. Transistors argument has very little to do with techonology or measurements. It is all about pleasant distortion that Tubes produce, hence "warm sound".
Well I am not loking for soft sound or warm sound or whatever you call that tube-distortion that you beaming through set of Sonus Faber speakers.
Don't mean to sound harsh, but hey, some old dudes love to drive classic sports cars, not becasue they offer better performance but just casue they look nice, I get it.
I am looking for options within the Ayer sound signature. Price option as well as design options.
1. I hate the look of Ayer. It is probably the most hedious modern SS amp.
2. I don't want to pay Ayer price tag it is 60% bloated, imo.

Thus I am wondering what else is out there that has Ayer decent sound but might offer better aesthtics as well as better price. Thank you very much to one member who suggested PASS ,I will look into that.
The rest of you guys are just trolling on my thread and lip-flopping about some tubes.
I don't need lectures on tubes or anything else you care to talk about.
I am open to suggestion of SS integrated with open treble and flat response.
"At $8800 it's about $8000 too bloated. We need to be at a much lower price level without any lip flopping."
by Audiofeil

You sound like a bitter salesman. Toughen up it will only get worse.

I can get Jeff Rowland Concerta 250 on ebay for 4000-25% that would be about only $700.00 overpriced.
Everything in audio world is overpriced. Ignorance of general audiophile is the sole reason we have 3000 different amps 300 different manufacturers who are trying to sell their "tuned-by-ear" or as I call it broken equipment at rediculous prices. That is why the prices are such. The same story is with speakers. Absolute majority of speakers are just awful and overpriced drek.
But that is why we have experts who advise bumpkins on which broken amp to match with which poorly-designed speaker to get shitty sound.
But I digress.
Thank you Dave I am looking into JR. It bites at the price point ,but I might score some on Ebay.
Jax2 it was really funny about the paper bag and all, I enjoyed it.
But don't get all serious to psychoanalyze the InterwebZ it makes cats yawn.

Why no one recommended Integrated McIntoshes? Don't they have open treble and good flat output?
I see a bunch of them here at under 2K. How would McIntosh Ingrtd compare to Ayre, sound-wise?