You have a nice amp I would look elsewhere to significantly upgrade, namely your speakers. You have way more power than they need so have lots of options. Not a big fan of Klipsch designs. If you love them great then maybe a tube amp will give them a different flavor.
My Amp is good but probably the weak point
I have an Odyssey Audio Khartago Stereo. It’s got the larger tranny, upgraded wiring, RCA and Speaker posts. It might have one step up from the baseline circuit board (I don’t recall). It’s the first piece I bought and it’s been great.
but as my system has come together I feel like it’s a choke point though I feel the sound of the system is superb.
So with that I began researching and feel like the Coda #8 would be a strong contender to replace it. My research has also included a JC5 and sending my amp back to Klaus to upgrade to Kismet level.
As of now:
sl1200GR (KAB damper, Isanoe feet)
AT33PTG/II
Sutherland 20/20 MK1 (+ LPS)
Denafrips Athena line stage
Odyssey Khartago
Klipsch Heresy IV
Rythmik L12 (pair)
RCA, XLR, speaker and power cords are Audio Envy
anyine have thoughts? I feel like a part of me wants to go Kismet but that’s 2-6 months to get that done. I have a Vidar as a backup amp but it’s not anywhere near as good as the Odyssey.
$5k limit and looking used. Solid state only.
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Take a look at this Valvet Class A amp. Only puts out 12 and 20Wpc into 8 and 4 Ohms, respectively, but that should be fine for your speakers and also should be a significant upgrade across the board over your current amp especially in the areas you mentioned wanting improvements. And this lightly used unit is going for only $2150 so could save you $$$ as well. Here’s a review fyi (the reviewer bought the review sample BTW)… https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/valvet-2se-power-amplifier/ Hope this helps, and best of luck in your search.
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