Requesting opinions about 4 specific amplifiers


Greetings Audiogon community,

I am requesting your input about four specific amplifiers in a particular price range and how they may, or may not, pair well with my Dynaudio Confidence 20 stand mount speakers.

My room is 20' x 16' and does have wall absorption treatment. I do not listen at high levels, typically in the 75 to mid 85 db territory. 

I currently own a Luxman L-509X integrated amplifier, which is probably the best integrated amp I have owned to date. However I am wondering if there is a better amp match for my Dynaudio Confidence 20 speakers, and so am considering moving to separates. My budget for the amp alone is in the preowned $4K to $5K range.

Here are amps I am asking for your input about ;

-Simaudio Moon 860A V1 (Dynaudio dealers seem to endorse Simaudio)

-Pass Labs X150.8

-PS Audio BHK Signature 250 stereo (PS Audio has dropped the price on new amps in their closeout sale)

-Parasound JC 5

I realize there are many, many, amp manufacturers, and that of course if I reach a bit higher I could consider Ayre, or Aesthetix, or Coda, all of which interest me, but seem to stay outside of my budget. 

I wish I could side-by-side compare or demo all of these amps, but unfortunately it is not possible. I am looking to your experience to help in any way possible.

Thank you!

 

jpipes

Showing 1 response by audioman58

Aesthetix is a brand I sold for years and still has outstanding integrity ,they

wind their own transformers and enclose them in a faraday type cage to contain any magnetic fields , they build a quality product 

even their integrated Mimas has a Hybrid Vacuum tube preamp section .

Coda too has Some nice products in their upper line ,who btw we’re Pass labs engineers before Pass went independant.

your speakers are what model and effficiency ? Very important to know.

i have  40+ years building system synergy .I owned $6 figure Audio systems 

but technologies have moved on even class D look at AAvic from 

Audio group Denmark ,they have great newer technologies ,in part using multiples 

of Tesla coils to dramatically lower noise floor and many other things .

I myself am looking to upgrade but not until our home additions are completed 

being married means Audio is not 1st ,since I no longer own a Audio store .