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| Next step up from Acoustic Zen Crescendo II's I am a HUGE fan of Acoustic Zen. Awesome speakers. I would second @soix question. Also, how big is your room? How far do you sit from the speakers? What type of music do you listen too? Aesthetcally, do you have any limitations or are you op... | |
| Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 600 It is warm and sound a lot like a typical tube/SS hybrid. Very good amp. Oodles of power. I have a customer running the 800 with Triangles. More power than he needs but tonally, it is perfect. | |
| 845/211 tube amplifiers with kef reference 5? Those Kefs like power. I think you would love the sound but hate bass performance. I had run Art Audio Quartets which are 45w 845 monos for almost 18 months. I am the importer. They are Incredible amps but they would not handle bass at refere... | |
| sonus faber electa amator iii or magico A1 or any other suggestion The Sonus Fabers aren't as bright as the Magicos. Lovely speaker but when driven by a warmer tube amp like that VAC, I worry that it may drift warm to dark. If that is your preferred sound, cool. If not, be aware it is a risk. The Jadis mentio... | |
| sonus faber electa amator iii or magico A1 or any other suggestion My personal preference is the Magicos. I think that is a very well made speaker and will match well with your VAC Amps. The Sonus Faber is also a very well made and wonderful sounding speaker but I would be wary pairing it with a VAC amp. The... | |
| 845 Tube Refresh IF your amp can use KRs with lower filament current, Renaissance Audio in Ann Arbor has some older stock of the 845 that I know he would like to sell. They will be on budget for you and Renaissance is KRs North America service center. In fact, he... | |
| DAC/w Volume control + Power amp or DAC + Integrated? Avoid a cheap volume control. That really matters and a bad one will lead to underwhelming performance. I have a Schiit Freya + here and even in passive mode it sucks the life out of my music. Hugo 2 and LTA power amp vs Qutest with LTA integrat... | |
| 845 Tube Refresh Little bit of upheaval recently in the tube market with PSVane Acme. Grant fidelity droped them in favor of the newer LinLai brand. No idea how LinLai compares to the old PSVane Acmes and I am not sure where you can get the PSVane Acmes any more... | |
| Would This Amp Be Worth The Cost? I love the preamp. That is very much the digital module within the M33 and is an awesome value. There is a surprising bias against Classic series stuff from NAD. That is a great unit. I would partially agree with the sales rep. It is not the ... | |
| DAC/w Volume control + Power amp or DAC + Integrated? It really depends on the DAC. I had a PS Audio DSD which is an awesome DAC but the volume control in it is not strong. There are a couple reasons for this, but it was inferior to my preamps. I have since moved to Chord and Rockna DACs and the v... | |
| The best cost no object tube DAC What market are you in? I can get that Jadis model to listen too. | |
| Anyone Recently Change to Class D power? Am not a huge fan of Rotel or Parasound personally. I find they are both competent but unexciting amps. They need exciting speakers to be at their best. This is obviously a matter of taste. I think the C298 is more dynamic. It is not in upper... | |
| Mounting near field monitors above 3 computer monitors The new Vivid monitors in the Kaya line have integrated wall mounts. A bit pricier but they could be an interesting option for you. | |
| Anyone Recently Change to Class D power? I have had a variety of units in recently that are Class D (Rogue, AVM, Canor, NAD) or unspecified with switching power supply (Chord) in case my benchmarks which are a pair of Art Audio Opus 4s which are Class A KT88 based monos.Each has pros and... | |
| Would This Amp Be Worth The Cost? The Musical Fidelity represents a strong value. They are made in Taiwan (at least for now, production seems to be migrating to Canor in Slovakia) and as a result are a lot less expensive than many made in US/UK/Germany/Japan products. Very good ... |