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Looking for a warm sounding amp or integrated with a torodial transformer

Looking for recommendations for a warm sounding integrated amplifier or power amplifier tube or solid state with a torodial transformer power supply. I have multiple chemical sensitivities and the materials used  in the rectangular transformers affect me, I'm fine with toroidal transformers. I've been looking at BAT, Modwright, and Pass Labs. Any other ideas? I have a Rogue audio sphinx but would like a bit more warmth.

Thanks in advance!

dafox

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ghdprentice
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I am not a Rogue fan. I had a very bad experience with the company early on which still jades my opinion of them. And their sound is… well not as refined as some of their high end cometitors… but, I don’t listen to it much so… I shy away from commenting directly on their sound.

ghdprentice
7,543 posts
 

OP,

 

Sorry, I have no idea what kind of transformers Audio Research uses…. Ones that sound fantastic, last forever and look good. I stopped being concerned about how an audio goal, was achieved about a year after I got in to high end audio… about 50 years ago.

ghdprentice
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I recommend Audio Research integrated or separates (alternatively: CJ, VAC, Cary… reluctantly Rogue). They are highly detailed, warm, natural, with midrange bloom with great dynamics. The new ARC i50 costs $5K… a outstanding deal. Over the last fifty years after hearing my first ARC component, I slowly (read: finance permitted) purchased one after another, to now happily own all ARC components that give me the most natural, musical, compelling system I have ever heard. The very opposite of disappointing. Three hours per day, and have to pull myself away.

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