Will an Amp change improve my system ?


My system is WiiM pro ( a great device for $149 !) and a Cambridge CXC V2 CD transport for digital input going into a Schiit Yggdrasil+ DAC going to a Schiit Freya+ preamp into a PS Audio S300 amp into Harbeth 30.2 XD speakers. I am considering replacing the S300 with one of the following: PASS XA-25, Coda S5.5, Benchmark AHB2, or tube Primaluna EVO 400, used Rogers EHF-100 or 200, used Luxman MQ 88uc. I like my current system and wonder if an amp change would improve it significantly ?

carl292

@carl292 I was watching Stoddard’s end of year video, and he talked about the next iteration of the Tyr. They are trying to get some new features that will make the amp a lot costlier. I get the impression that getting the discounted Tyr today will leave you disappointed if they get the uber Tyr done.

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I was reading the comments on the link in posted above,

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Maybe the Wotan is not ready for release. Not sure if the guy who posted one of the comments is truthful.

The discounted Tyr is looking more attractive now.

 

I bought the discounted Tyr’s to match with my Blades. Sounds like the new Tyr will be Forkbeard enabled, but not sure what else will be different. Not sure they could get significant more power out of the choke filtered power supply..

@carl292 "Luxman MQ 88uc"

I use this beauty in my “winter" setup! 

Sound of this amp, after adj. bias at higher side, is very “liquid” and “warm”! I use 88uc 4 Ohms output posts to drive 8 Ohms speakers, which reduces noise floor (mq88uc' is one of the lowest noise in the tube amps crowd) and increases damping factor. I rarely crank it up to higher than 10W output power, so, lower power of this tube wonder than SS is not an issue! Another advantage of this Luxman creation (this concept started in 60s) is a very gentle tube loading, which prolongs tubes life time (saves maintenance cost). Luxman runs these amps for 50hrs before final adjustment, thus no break-in is needed!