I heats the 500s at axpona and have to agree they sounded fantastic with spatial speakers!
Brian
Brian
Review: Red Dragon Audio M500MKII Amplifier
Category: Amplifiers
Was having major amp woes when one of my aging Krell monoblocks began acting up. What to do. Spend $3K+ for shipping & repair? Invest $10K to replace them? Could I really be happy with Class D at a fraction of the cost? Enter Red Dragon Audio. With the very generous preview policy what did I have to lose. I tired both the 1000s and 500s. The new 1000s took a bit to burn in but once they did, wow. My Theil CS6 speakers presented a huge sound stage and detail especially with Electronca music like Robert Rich, Roach, Braheny, Deep Forest, Autechre etc. The demo 500s had perhaps a little less sizzle and extreme sound stage but the focus and presence of solo vocals and acoustic instrumentation was very pleasing. I just about went crazy switching back and forth trying to make a final choice but in the end I went with the 500s. I feel they will be a better fit in my system for overall listening.
Dealing with Ryan Tew was a pleasure. I highly recommend that anyone in the market for Amps give Red Dragon Audio a preview. I doubt there is a better bang for the buck out there.
Associated gear
Renaissance MKII Triode Pre-Amp, Ayre C-5xe, Theil CS6, Basis Table, Hydra 8, Nordost, Signature, Signal cables.
Similar products
Going from Krell, Classe, Renaissance Tube.
Was having major amp woes when one of my aging Krell monoblocks began acting up. What to do. Spend $3K+ for shipping & repair? Invest $10K to replace them? Could I really be happy with Class D at a fraction of the cost? Enter Red Dragon Audio. With the very generous preview policy what did I have to lose. I tired both the 1000s and 500s. The new 1000s took a bit to burn in but once they did, wow. My Theil CS6 speakers presented a huge sound stage and detail especially with Electronca music like Robert Rich, Roach, Braheny, Deep Forest, Autechre etc. The demo 500s had perhaps a little less sizzle and extreme sound stage but the focus and presence of solo vocals and acoustic instrumentation was very pleasing. I just about went crazy switching back and forth trying to make a final choice but in the end I went with the 500s. I feel they will be a better fit in my system for overall listening.
Dealing with Ryan Tew was a pleasure. I highly recommend that anyone in the market for Amps give Red Dragon Audio a preview. I doubt there is a better bang for the buck out there.
Associated gear
Renaissance MKII Triode Pre-Amp, Ayre C-5xe, Theil CS6, Basis Table, Hydra 8, Nordost, Signature, Signal cables.
Similar products
Going from Krell, Classe, Renaissance Tube.
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