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Class D Option For Bass
These are  rare as hens teeth but might be worth a gamble.  I doubt Classe would give you the time of day if you ever had to ask for support.   https://support.classeaudio.com/files/documents/brochure/CLASSE_CA-D200_Brochure_2014_en.pdf      
Class D Option For Bass
Keep an eye on the music room.  Always a few class D options on there.    
Class D Option For Bass
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Class D Option For Bass
PS Audio Class D offerings are inline with W4S amp pricing. Pick up the S300 for ~$1K used. W4S good choice as well. Both are IcePower implementations. Classe Sigma AMP2 can be picked up used around this similar price point. Peachtree GaN amps.  R... 
Would like to try a tube preamp after years of solid state and hybrid
Rogue Audio RP-5 can be had for around the $2K mark.   
Used tube preamp $2-3K
Might research a Rogue RP-5.  They can be had for around $3k  
Best Music Streamer to pair with Rogue Audio monoblocks and Pre-Amp
I have an SGC ST hosting a Roon core, A Bryston BDP pi as the endpoint ,Rogue RP-1 with Mullards as the pre.  I have heard many others say the Bryston BDP-3 functions wells as a Roon endpoint.    My little BDP-1 has been rock solid for several yea... 
Need help choosing preamp for streaming
For Posterity: Moon Ace is a good all in one solution for streaming and can be had for around $2K  
Qobuz Connect working Beta demonstration....yay!
@barts  Weirdly, to me, it came with the Titan and a power cord and nothing else...zero, nada, nothing!  I guess they expect everything should be done QR code to scan on the side of the box?  
Qobuz Connect working Beta demonstration....yay!
@barts  Most of the time, I run Roon on an SGC/ST with a BDP endpoint as well.  Sometimes just for kicks I will switch back to Manic Moose to listen to Radio Paradise as the MM RP app, to my ears, has a little better sound stage.  It would be in... 
Qobuz Connect working Beta demonstration....yay!
@barts  After just reading the antics you have to go through to get the highly hailed  Lumin Roon ready the old much maligned Manic Moose operates light years ahead in that capacity.   
Qobuz Connect working Beta demonstration....yay!
I actually don't dislike it. It's stable. But it's obviously due for a refresh. Bryston working on it now but its way behind schedule. It also works across all their BDP series even if its been discontinued like the Pi.     The current versio... 
Looking for a tube preamp that has xlr outputs.
Rogue Audio RH-5 can be found for about $1.5k  
Looking for phono preamp advice in the $1000 - $1600 range
Moon LP 5.3 might be worth a look. Their new $2.3K 310 LP is based on this model. Can be found for less than $1k.     https://www.stereophile.com/phonopreamps/307sim/index.html    
Recommendations for really well-recorded music for high-end audio system demo
I’d say that Six Blade Knife or Down To The Waterline or Water Of Love would probably be what I’d play. +1 for the above and add in Walk in the Westend. Also Homeless from Paul Simons Graceland , just to behold Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Or anyt...