@richiekess I feel your pain as I’m in a similar sitch. I had a Bryston SST2 in my system and will say it was comparable to my 0.5 Rev A but not better, so I gotta believe one of Steve’s amps with his latest upgrades should be significantly better. My big question is how Steve’s upgraded amps compare to the new GaN amps from AGD, Underwood HiFi, etc. FWIW.
McCormack dna-1 upgrade or no
I have a McCormack dna-1 with a older gold rev a mod to it and I was thinking about sending it back to McCormack for another upgrade.From what I understand the next step would be around 2500.Should I do the upgrade or sell the dna-1 take the money from that and the 2500 and upgrade to either a new or used amp?
I use Nht 2.9 speakers Btw.Thanks Bob
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@koestner Not sure I agree. Many people here who’ve done Steve’s latest upgrades have been very happy and I’m sure they compete with the best amps out there. My quandary, because I have a busted 0.5 Rev A from the late 1990s, is whether to upgrade or go for something like a GaN amp from AGD, Underwood, or Atmasphere. That’s honestly a tough question for me right now. I’ll say this though, you should check if the input board has the same known problem as my 0.5 and if so if it’s been replaced with your upgrade. If not it’ll obviously be replaced with any upgrade, but if you sell your amp that has that input board problem it might be a problem because it’s a fatal failure and can’t be fixed without a major overhaul. |