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MF Tri-Vista 300 vs. BAT VK300XSE Integrated
I enjoy listening to mf so musical but switching side by side to batse its like night and day I go hey the mf loses detail and bass control like crazy. ( mini nuvistor tubes were made to compete against lower power supply transistors not other tub... 
Mcintosh MA 6900 integrated vs Mcintosh separates?
The 46/402 combo and 6900 are a match soundwise, the 6900 has plenty of power for your 87db/W/m 805's the 46/402 has more power,dynamics every... The c2200 will utilize those tweeters and mids more effectively and add some needed life (to my ears ... 
McIntosh or BAT amps what is your preference
BAT vs MC very nice very close, but I can help. The deciding factor is your speakers. I have NHT 2.9 and used BAT VK300se for a month 240+ hours (good to be retired) and they sounded great, the bass control still hasn't been matched. My only reser... 
Cheap class A intergrated power.....
Very cheap alternative is 70's kenwood or kenwood trio models like the ka7100/ka9100 etc these go for hundreds of dollars and probablly have dirty coontacts but they did sound great. These aren't related to current kenwoods they are more related t... 
Bryston or Classe for NHT 3.3
I used the BAT vk300x se for a month with the 2.9's and the sound and control were very pleasing and although nothing is ever the BEST, the combo with vinyl(Shure) and cd(Genki) was of that "first rate" experience we all dream of and if we stay wi... 
Upgrading my Linn set up HELP advice please
Linn is moving away from Classic series and the movie version is being discounted, the Di should be next. Now on to my opinion; I believe the unidisk-sc will inherit the classics role. At 5 to 6 thousand dollars (from Linn help line in Jax) the sc... 
Genki CDR Playback
I have the Genki and it is playing a cdr now using a verbatim blank. I don't have much experience with them as most methods used to make them sound "limited" on the Linn. They sound ok in walkman types though. Sounds like the folks in Jacksonville...