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Finding a Power Amplifier for Luxman C-900U

Hello our community, I think I might need your help to choose a Power amplifier for my system (Stereo or Mono Pow is Ok). Here is my system:

- Speaker: Magico A3 (Also in love with Sonus Faber Serafino or higher is Focal Scala)

- DAC: Mola Mola Tambaqui

- LP/Phono: Technics SP10 MkII / Audia Flight Phono

- Pre: Luxman C-900U

- Pow: At the moment, Pass Aleph 0s 

- Cable: All from Acrolink series 7N

For my taste of music: 

- Vocal (Opera, Capella, Acoustic,...); Blue; Jazz;

- Sometime instrument: String (Violin, Cello, Guitar, sometime Harp), than drum and piano;

- Sometime Orchestra

- Sometime (rare) with EDM or Rock (Just pop or slow rock, super rare heavy metal)

I really want to upgrade my Aleph 0s with some of the more modern and powerful Pow within $6000 (2nd hand is also a good option), I come up with some in my mind:
- Pass Labs XA60.5 (Roughly $5k in my country for used)

- Luxman M-800a or M-900u (I can find it $6k used imported from Japan, but I love some other combination other than M-900u)

- Parasound JC 1 (Old ver, not Plus)

- Electrocompaniet AW180, or better AW400

- Audionet Amp  

- Gato PWR 222

- Moon 860A V1 (or W8?), Trigon Monolog, Mark Levinson 431-532H, Bryston 4B3,...

Hope to receive your suggestion, I really love the Class-A design and don't mind the super hot chassis.

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celtic66
1,615 posts
 

https://www.sugdenaudio.com/spa-4-stereo-power-amplifier

Used should be around your price and yes Class A is very nice.

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audphile1
4,344 posts
 

I would pair that luxman preamp with the luxman m900u amplifier. Magico speakers love power and sound somewhat warm, if not a bit dark. Luxman amp would be a good match.
If you want Pass amps, the X250.8 would do the trick. The Pass XA60.5 are Class A and are warm sounding which may be too much of a good thing with the already warm sounding Magico A3, but would be very nice with the Focals. Also, at that level I’d be pairing same brand preamp and amp(s).

Another good option for the A3 is the Simaudio Moon 760a. It also runs much cooler than the Pass amps. 

Decide what speakers you will be using before you make your power amp decision.

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webking185
190 posts
 

The M900u is the matching amp for it.  The synergy was created for it.

grk
207 posts
 

I used a C-900u with a SPL Performer S1200 driving DeVore Super 9 speakers and they paired very nicely! It's well within your budget, especially now that they have a new distribution system.

 

It also paired well with a Sugden FBA-800 amp.

thisisme
14 posts
 

The natural pair for C900U would be the M900U especially if you can find one for $6000. 
 

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