arturgorniak:
I also have the Super Nines and I was wondering about the bass response using the Luxman 509x since it has a damping factor of 350? When I owned the Devore 0/93's I auditioned an amp that had a damping factor around 270 and I felt the bass response was way over damped (for my tastes). (That amp also had other issues.) Similarly, I heard a Pass XA 25 (350 damping factor) drive a pair of Zu Audio speakers and again I felt the bass response over damped and not "natural" sounding. From what I could ascertain, the Devore speakers seem to pair better with amps that have a low ( 4-25) damping factor. Even the Sugden solid state amps that John has used to demo his speakers have a low damping factor. And the tubes amps that are used certainly fall into that category.