Which Would You Choose?

@grislybutter 

@jetter you cannot seriously tell us that anything under 10K is not junk

Absolutely I do think so.

Without doing much thinking, a new Pass xa25 is about $5K.  A set of the new Clayton Shaw Caladan speakers are around $3.5K.  Quicksilver mid monos are $2K a pair as are their preamps.  There are the Schiit products mostly in the $2K and under range.  These are new prices, about half for used.  Many, many others.  In my world these are not junk.

That said, what I tried to put across is that those of us with less expensive systems are having a ton of fun owning and listening to our systems.  And someone asks for a little help with his system which he probably is proud of and some pompous ____ tells him he needs a whole new system.  Not cool.  

@grislybutter 

Ha, you were waaay too subtle, went right over my head.  

My system is also modest and I love it. 

All good.

@baylinor

Be careful what you ask for on this site. OP is thinking of switching amp and some recommendations given are you need to upgrade EVERYTHING LOL.

Yes, it’s true. And it’s the same old timers who seem unaware of the fun many audiophiles are having who are mixing and matching less than the top of the line brands and models to piece together that jigsaw puzzle of components to find synergistic magic and their own audio fun.