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Unico vs. ASL AQ1003DT

Hi everyone,

I've currently re-entered the market for an integrated amp.

I was put into a situation where i was forced to sell most of my gear: Sold a Unison Research Unico, Neat Mystiques, MSB Link DACIII w/ upsampling...

I'm now looking to put together another little system on a budget.

I picked up a used pair of NHT 1.5, which I used to own eons ago and which sounded quite nice with my Unico when i'd swap them in place of the Neats (just for testing purposes, of course).

Still have the NHT's and I remember hearing them w/ an ASL amp way back in the day...sounded quite good, from what I can recall.

Now, the Unico is about double the price of the ASL retail, but I'm wondering if anyone has compared the two strictly from a performance standpoint. Further, would the 30wpc ASL be able to drive the NHT's to decent volumes? the NHT's are rated at 86db/w/m, but apparently, despite that rating, are easy to drive.

Thoughts? help? advice?

anything would be appreciated.

current setup:

NHT 1.5
Rotel RCD 971
Ecosse Cables

Thanks everyone!
loose

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loose OP
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Thank you for your input.

It's too bad i'm not familiar w/ Ushers at all (although from what i've read, i'd venture to guess they'd be right up my alley).

Perhaps the newer, DT version has improvements in the areas of weakness you've outlined, or at least to some degree.

Anyone else w/ any info or comparisons?

...thing is, i'd have to purchase the ASL unheard. Ugh!
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