Would This Amp Be Worth The Cost?


Opinions please.
Amp for Sonus Faber Olympica III speakers.

Looking at this amp  Musical Fidelity M8s-500S Power Amplifier
Info https://www.musicalfidelity.com/products/m8series/m8-500s

Replace my Classe Sigma Amp2.
Info

AMP2

FREQUENCY RESPONSE:

10 Hz – 20 kHz, -1dB into 4 Ohms

OUTPUT POWER:

200W rms into 8 Ohms, 400W rms into 4 Ohms

HARMONIC DISTORTION:

<0.018% @ 1 kHz Balanced Input

INTERMODULATION DISTORTION:

>80 dB below Fundamental into 8 Ohms Balanced

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO:

-100 dB at Peak Output into 8 Ohms (AES17)

Would there be improvement? Worth the cost? 
Thanks
greywolf

Showing 6 responses by jjss49

@firberger 

excellent -- happy for you -- good you checked, as scary as that prospect may have been ---

now you know if your system is sounding not so great it isn't your failing hearing hahaha !!!!  

enjoy!
@firberger

could you please repeat what you said... couldn’t quite hear you... now i am onto my next $10,000 amp review 🤣

seriously, good luck at the ent doc... 🙏
@ozzy62

you took the bait...

...be happy, enjoy the music, and ignore the tr---...
the ’all amps with the same power sound the same’ bs got a lift when alan shaw of harbeth openly pushed that line of thinking in his manufacturers’ user group, which he runs with a heavy hand and shouts down points of view contrary to his own

anyone with good ears and some experience in this pursuit knows that this is total nonsense, purely self serving from a guy who sells pricey speakers - even more hilarious to then see him admit he 'just happens to use' a hegel h360/h390 in his in-house speaker testing, listening and at hifi shows... 🤣🤣🤣
op

musical fidelity are good performing, well built amps that represent good value

i have found their sonic character to be extended, lively, solid state state sound, with little harshness

other (largely more expensive) brands may present the music with somewhat more richness

older classe’s (class a/b amps that put the brand on the map years ago) would sound warmer more dimensional than modern musical fidelity’s... i have not heard the specific classe class d amps you have...