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Recommend a non-polite sounding amp / integrated

Looking for a a non-polite sounding amp / integrated. By polite I mean Denon, Musical Fidelity, Arcam. I had Rotel and Adcom and they were harsh. I was thinking about Pass (maybe is just very detailed) or a chip amp. Probably not digital or tube amp.

Integrated is okay as long as it does not have digital volume.

Price under 3K and driving a variety of easy to drive single driver speakers at 70-75dB in a small room.

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joey54
431 posts
 

Belles Aria or Belles Aria Signature Integrated amps would probably fit the bill. Also if you want tubes the Quicksilver integrated uses EL84 tubes and sounds great!

corelli
949 posts
 

My apologies for prior post.  I must have had a really bad day at work.  No excuse however.

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fstein
197 posts
 

look at the chifi TI  3255 chip powered amps. Chump change. Astonishing.

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fstein
197 posts
 

for a bit more money go Purifi

cdc OP
1,677 posts
 

@tomic601 

I am a buyer for the cast off MC240 stricken by polite…

What does that mean? I am interested in your thoughts on this amp compared to other tube amps. It's the only tube amp I have heard in my system. I do not know what tubes McIntosh uses. The problem was flabby / underdamped bass. Never got beyond that to consider "polite" or not.

I agree room acoustics is one of the MOST important issues for good sound. So not to get off topic, in this thread just focusing on the amplifier.

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