I am considering going back to a full function intergrated to use with my wilson sofias and was wondering if anyone has heard the VAC 160i. It has all the features that i am looking for, but not too sure how it will mate with the speakers.
Did you read the Avatar review in Stereophile? The noise, S/N and THD figures are not great at all and it's preamp short circuited plus the 4ohm tap had problems...VAC obviously has serious problems. So many quality choices exist...look around!
69db S/N ratio?? Really? That's gonna be audible folks and reduce contrast...maybe a Cary SLI-80 or a Rogue Cronos Magnum would be a better option. Check out Pacific Valve also for some killer tube gear at very affordable prices and better performance.
I've owned a Ref 5 and the krell KCT and 202Evo plus a BAT 5SE and well....a whole lot of preamps. One should have low noise and hum as a fundemental design principal and then build upon that for musicality. Ya don't need bad numbers to get great sound. But it's all subjective at some point anyway, so grab a beer and sit back to enjoy what you have:)
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