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New Integrated amp recommendation

Greetings:

I’m looking to upgrade my Yamaha 801 to drive my Revel 328s

Unfortunately I live in South Carolina and auditioning equipment requires a fair amount of time and travel. 
The room is 20x25 loft open to one side to a staircase and 11 foot ceilings (not ideal but limited amount of conditioning will follow) 

Almost always classic rock and contemporary jazz never above 80db Vinyl/CD and streaming

I’ve read a number outstanding reviews on Luxman integrateds and that is the first question..Is the 505z a good fit? If so does stretching the budget to the 507z offer a sonic difference? If not Luxman any other recommendations. I’m not necessarily looking to color the sound of the Revels but the Yamaha and maybe the room lack a bit of low end clarity and maybe a bit of fatigue from the Be tweeters.

Finally has anyone had experience buying direct from Japan? Can I assume the transformer is going to add unwanted noise?

Appreciate any thoughts love the forum. Learn from it everyday.

Thank you

JF

 

 


 

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jimmy2615
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I had the 228Be and my favorite amp with those speakers was the NAD M23.  The similar integrated is the M33.  These are class D amps.

I’ve owned a lot of amplifiers, including tube, class A and class AB Luxman integrateds, and a lot more, and normally would not recommend a class D amplifier.  There are some good ones out there but most never really sounded musical for me.  This NAD/Revel combo however is very good. I haven’t heard Hegel but it’s also probably a great recommendation.  Revel speakers are clear and accurate and musical in that way.  A clean/clear, powerful amplifier mates well with them.  The Luxman are good but may not pair well with them.

Lastly, in that off shaped and large room you might really find great benefit from some room acoustical manipulation (that is, DSP) which the NAD has excellent software in DIRAC.

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