In regards to an earlier comment by the OP, many Integrated Amps are available without any DAC or digital features…digital would be completely separate and upgrades up to you…
Ideas for Pre/Power $9000?
Currently need to replace a receiver. I don't have many local options for auditioning. My system consists of the following; Elac Debut F6, Pro-Ject Debut Pro, Pro-Ject S2 stage, NAS and streaming. I listen in a regular ol' family room with no treatments. Mostly like metal genre. Budget is $9k ish.
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@tunefuldude I will definitely take your advise and look into the brand. Sounds interesting for sure. @jl35 I'm thinking analog integrated maybe the ticket for me. |
@lfromsalem Sorry, man, my math was off ... if you can score a TDAI 3400 for four grand you’ll only have $5000 leftover of your nine thousand dollar budget to upgrade your speakers, but I’d say that should be plenty! And you'll be the coolest kid on the block. But seriously, you'll definitely have the best sound! |
@tunefuldude +1, my upstairs system would be considered overkill by most normies opinions. Probably 13k if bought new at the time it was new which it is VERY far from. Anyway it’s very descent stuff and I paid probably 15% of that. At 100db it’s loud, cause 100db is loud! IMO. 100db in the basement with Lyngdorf does not seem loud. It’s dynamic as hell and bass is absolutely killer but 0 fatigue. Need to keep in check to not hurt your ears. Kind of a strange sensation.
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for the list battle.... there is a best value curve at each price range, and let's say 4K for integrated and 5K for speakers: there are fantastic options. for integrated I know and trust; Musical Fidelity, Parasound, Rotel, Primare, even Hegel fits the budget for speakers; Dynaudio, Revel, KEF, MoFi, Revival, Totem, Monitor Audio, CSS, Triangle |
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