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Golden Ear Triton 1 what front ends match well

I bought a pair of these about 2 weeks ago and now have about 50 hours on them. Curently pairing with a Cayin 265ai which is a 40W class A chinese integrated I paid about $600 for in Shanghai. I think it sounds amazing, better in fact than the huge mono block Mcintosh system I demoed them on. Am I crazy? I would love to demo some higher end amplifiers in my home with these to see. With the Cayin they are so damn explosive at times it is scary and very fleshed out. BUT always curious about going to the next level. Would love to try some other options and looking for suggestions.
mofojo
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zufan
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Howdy Mofojo -
My new Sony ES amp is now a day old. So far so good. Will write more about it later in a separate thread, after I've had it awhile. I can tell I dig it enough to part with my CroMag. Although, that's on the block as I'm moving to NC where it's too hot for tubes.

Meanwhile, today I went to Schmitt's house here in Mpls and picked up 20ft speaker cables and xlr ICs. He's a mad scientist type. Gear everywhere. His handmade stuff is here on agon.

Lots of new gear last 24 hours!
mr_bill
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Scott
You're going to love the Sony - I do. It's a keeper and you'd have to spend ALOT more to better it.
Btw, I'm next door in ND.
mofojo OP
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Scott, How are you liking your Sony? How does it compare to others you have had? Same question for you Mr Bill.
Thanks
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zufan
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Well I think this Sony amp is a sleeper. The specs are pure simplicity. Nothing extra in the way of the sound. It's also an 'intelligent' amp. Has features both inside (e.g., real-time bias) and outside (e.g., UX stuff, best binding posts in the history of binding posts) that I've never enjoyed prior.

And at $2k it's a ridiculous deal. The matching server gets all the ink but this amp, I'm telling ya...
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