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| Power Amp Recommendations for B&W 803 Nautilus Odyssey amps are excellent. He is an excellent builder and those amps would be well matched with those speakers. The NAD C298 is a Purifi based class D which is really excellent. It retails for $2200 and will deliver. it is one of the best am... | |
| Compact ~20WPC Tube Amp Check out the Unison Research Triode 25. It is an EL34 based Push Pull that is 25w. It’s a nice amp and should address most of your issues. At $4500 retail it is on target in terms of pricing. It delivers the quality that you want. They have good ... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 @yyzsantabarbara i trust you too. That is what surprised me about this. I am very interested to see how your unit burns in. | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 @yyzsantabarbara fascinating that you are having a different experience. I am curious what will happen in a week as I found the GAN1 more pleasant out of the box than after a week. Maybe another week will soften it a little. I only have maybe 18... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 Oh god…yes Peachtree. Not sure why I was thinking Cambridge. I was tired last night when I wrote that. i used a Clarus Crimson Coax cable for all tests out of the Chord 2Go/2Yu and was using Clarus Aqua speaker cables. Both are well broken... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 There have been some bold claims about the Cambridge unit topping some very expensive gear. My conclusion is maybe. I did not hear this type of performance, but I have limited options in terms of speaker pairing. Ultimately a huge factor is speake... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 Okay, I fired it up last night and listened a little. It generally sounded good. I did no AB comparisons and did not listen critically but tonally it is not bright and with a very easy to drive speaker (7.3ohm min impedance) there was no strain, ... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 I will use two sources depending on system it is attached too. I am kicking off with a 2Go/2Yu via a wired connection with a Clarus Crimson Coax cable. I think the cable retails for more than the amp. This is being served from my Antipodes Olad... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 Mine arrived on Christmas Eve. I haven’t had a chance to open it yet. I will listen to it tonight for first time. | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 @ricevs i ordered a peachtree. Looking forward to comparing it to some different gear. | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 @agisthos I hear good things about T+A. Supposed to be a first rate unit. The fact you have a dealer who has both will make it easier. One thing I will say, you need to get a signal to the DAC. T+A is supposed to be best with USB. Weiss, the ... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 @agisthos The Weiss is a bit more expensive than $7K. You can find a used 501/502 comfortably in this range. It is a great unit and the preamp stage is very good. You have the secondary concern about system matching though. The Weiss is super... | |
| Help recommend a good tube preamp Haven't looked at all of the responses but you should check out Linear Tube Audio's preamp. It is an ideal option. i have a customer who is running one with a Hegel amp and there is good synergy. | |
| Im looking for the next upgrade. I'm not real sure which way I want to go Help! An amplifier better suited to those panels will work wonders. Gryphon certainly makes wonderful amps and integrateds. Of my customers, the best match we Have found with MLS is AVM. The warmth of the MOSFET output stage combined with the raw pow... | |
| Neutral Dac? The most neutral DAC I have heard is the Rockna Wavedream. The edition and signature tonally are the same. You get more detail and an even bigger soundstage with the signature vs the edition. the thing about the Wavedream is the sound profi... |