then take a look at the Gryphon Diablo. Gryphon Diablo 300 best I had heard , But, you might have to sell your wife and kids off to buy one. He doesn't need the 300, the 120 will do with the efficiency of those speakers at 94db, but nasty impedance loading of down to 1.8ohm in the bass. And he get a ESS Sabre dac thrown in with the Gryphon. Cheers George |
Finding Gryphon Diablo for $6k must be impossible. Took me 1 min to find this one, that’s sold. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649599757-gryphon-diablo-120-integrated-amplifier/ This ones available price on application https://www.audio-markt.de/en/market/gryphon-diablo-120-dac-exhib-4815978942 One here on Agon that expired he could be a go https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa1180-gryphon-diablo-120-solid-state Cheers George |
iconicaudio OP9 posts01-18-2021 9:45pmI’m using the Legacy Focus and a pair of Magnapan smg-a on occasion.For your mains, if your using these 94db efficient Legacy Focus your going to need a good strong (current) solid state amp of around 50->100w to deal with the low impedance "well". these speakers drop to 1.8ohm in the bass. Forget tubes unless they have a 2ohm speaker output tap https://www.stereophile.com/images/archivesart/LEG20FIG1.jpg However, a good, beefy solid-state amplifier will probably work better than a tube design.For just $3k I suggest a John Curl designed 160w Parasound Halo Hint or later Hint6, it’s got everything even an ESS Sabre32 dac in it!!! https://www.stereophile.com/content/parasound-halo-hint-6-integrated-amplifier Or better a Gryphon Diablo 120 or 300 now your spending for even bigger quality. https://gryphon-audio.dk/produkt-kategori/integrated-amplifiers/ Then there's Class-D, the new Technics SU-R1000 soon to be released this month looks like it could be real good. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/technics-su-r1000-a-new-class-d-gan-technology-integrated Cheers George |
