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June 27, 2019, 10:45 AM #1
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Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
...Based strictly on what I've gleaned from forums and magazines and the speakers I'll be using (Harbeth Super HL 5+ Anniversary), my top choice would be the Luxman 509x ($9500).
Caveat...there's one major factor affecting my choice...I've never heard one. With the only issue being the headphone stage being a little weak everything I've ever read about the 509x was highly positive. I'll let you fill in your top 5. I'm much more interested in your choices than mine. Feel free to elaborate on your choices.
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June 27, 2019, 10:52 AM #2
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
On my list to listen to would be
Vinnie Rossi Lio
Pass Int 60
Gryphon Diablo 120
Viva Solistino(have already heard that)
Your Luxman choice-----------------
Brian
Main System - Rotel RCD-1572 / Rega P3 > Luxman 505UX Mark II > Fyne Audio F502SPs > Synergistic Cables
Secondary - OPPO 93 > VAC CLA 1 MKII Pre > Odyssey Stratos > Dynaudio Audience 82s > Tara Labs Cables
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June 27, 2019, 11:44 AM #3
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
+1
i heard the vinnie rossi L2 separates with harbeths at AXPONA '18... absolutely fantastic pairing. best sounding set up of the entire show, imo
i would just confirm the 25wpc is enough for the hartbeths -- should be but ask at harbeth. also, consider the DHT PRE linestage option which was the preamp configuration i heard. such a nice sound and provides the option to tube roll.viking acoustics berlin r mk2 | almarro a318b + air tight atc-5 (phono) | clearaudio concept + virtuoso v2 MM | t+a dac8 dsd + diy transport + roon rock
alp-tone audio analog cables | core audio designs plyKraft 3L | hifi racks ltd podium t5-iii
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June 27, 2019, 11:56 AM #4
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Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
Used Dart CTH-8550 for SS
For tube, I'd look to Jadis, Vac, and Viva (high efficiency speakers only).Brinkmann Bardo w/ EMT HSD-006 cart, MSB Reference DAC --> Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL --> Ampzilla 2000, 2nd Edition --> Fyne Audio F1-12
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July 12, 2019, 10:51 AM #5
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Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
Hey guys, there has to be a lot more choices in this price range. Keep 'em coming.
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July 12, 2019, 11:29 AM #6
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Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
Aesthetix Mimas
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July 12, 2019, 05:06 PM #7
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
Very slightly used accuphase e650 or a dealer willing to discount.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProAmplification: DartZeel 468 (2) // DartZeel NHB18NS Mk. II
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Power: Nordost QBase8 Mk3, QX4, Qkore1, 3 and 6 (chassis), QK1 (2), QV2 (2), Chord GroundAray (signal), Chord Line Aray (3), Chord Professional, AddPOWR EAU2 (2)
DAC/Serv-stream: LampiZator Horizon/ Taiko Extreme
Elrod Master Statement Diamond SE Speaker Cables
Elrod Master Statement Diamond PCs (7), Evolution Acoustics 50 ohm (Zeel Connection), Nordost Odin2 IC (2), Nordost Valhalla II USB, CH Acoustic X20 IC, Final Touch Audio Elara PCs (6)
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CMS Ultra 2.0 Footers TT (2) and TD (2), Revopods (2) and SortKones and EVPs where they work
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July 12, 2019, 07:02 PM #8
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
Check out an ESOTERIC F 05..... 10 K MSRP.......beautifully built with sound to match.....
Cheers.....
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July 13, 2019, 07:55 AM #9
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
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Brian
Main System - Rotel RCD-1572 / Rega P3 > Luxman 505UX Mark II > Fyne Audio F502SPs > Synergistic Cables
Secondary - OPPO 93 > VAC CLA 1 MKII Pre > Odyssey Stratos > Dynaudio Audience 82s > Tara Labs Cables
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July 13, 2019, 11:14 AM #10
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
Hegel h360 list $5600. It probably should be on the list of int's to demo. Plain jane looks but really good at driving speakers
Last edited by steve59; July 13, 2019 at 11:18 AM. Reason: update
KEF Blade, Mc-611's, C49 rega jupiter, roon nucleus, revox tuner. Meridian dsp8000 se upgrade, meridian 218 zone controller VA Beethoven's, Hegel h360.
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July 13, 2019, 11:51 AM #11
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
My Systems: http://www.audioshark.org/showthread...481#post158481
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July 20, 2019, 06:09 PM #12
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Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
Something from the under-loved, underrated , Rogers High Fidelity if you're looking for a tube system.... transferable lifetime warranty also...
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July 20, 2019, 06:19 PM #13
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Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
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July 20, 2019, 06:51 PM #14
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
I'm enjoying my Lyngdorf TDAI-3400. Well under your price limit, plus you get room correction (which you can bypass).
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May 22, 2020, 08:48 AM #15
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
I had a loan Lyngdorf TDAI 3400 for a couple of weeks and couldn't get on with it. Yes, it looks great on paper - an all-in-one with room correction included.
I found it unfathomable and annoyingly un-user-friendly - but that's probably just me. When I applied the room correction (using a microphone that I was convinced the amp didn't know its correction graph), the life was sucked from the music. Compared with what I was already using (NAD M32), it was dire - at least with my speakers in my room.
The OP may like to consider something way under his budget - the soon-to-be-released NAD Master Series M33. Yes, NAD is considered by many as a mid-fi brand, but its Master Series are really very good and regularly achieve Stereophile's highest rating. The M33 will have the Purifi amplifier module. Iin fact it will offer everything the Lyngdorf does including room correction (Dirac rather than RoomPerfect). PeterSources - NAD M50.2 (streamer, CD player, CD ripper, hard drive music store)
Amplification - NAD M33 all-in-one, NAD M12 preamp (in reserve), Atma-Sphere Class D monos
Speakers - Avantgarde Duo XD, Avantgarde Duo (2006) - both aesthetically modified
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May 22, 2020, 09:12 AM #16
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
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Brian
Main System - Rotel RCD-1572 / Rega P3 > Luxman 505UX Mark II > Fyne Audio F502SPs > Synergistic Cables
Secondary - OPPO 93 > VAC CLA 1 MKII Pre > Odyssey Stratos > Dynaudio Audience 82s > Tara Labs Cables
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May 22, 2020, 12:08 PM #17
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May 22, 2020, 05:56 PM #18
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
Anthony
Analog: Clearaudio Innovation Wood/Kuzma 4Point/Ortofon A95> ASR Basis Exclusive HV---->
Digital: Antipodes CX (Oladra Upgrade)> Cary DMS-600 DAC/Streamer---->
...........Cary 306 SACD Professional Disc Player---->
===> Cary SLP-05 (Ultimate Upgrade edition)----> Clayton M-300----> MARTIN LOGAN SPIRES/REL 212SX x2
[Synergistic Research/Nordost/Wireworld/Furutech/SRA/Adona/Stillpoints/Track Audio/GIK Acoustics]
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June 17, 2020, 05:49 PM #19
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Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
Well, a few months down the line with a Pass INT 250 and I couldn't be happier. Goes wonderfully with my Harbeth Super HL+ 40th Anniversary speakers. The MSB Discrete with dual power supplies adds such smoothness and ultra high definition to the music. Right now I'm streaming with my Roon Nucleus. But there might be one of those analog thingy dingys with the pointy needle doohicky in my future. However, my next purchase will be a quality set of headphones and good headphone amp. It feels so good to be back in the high end home audio hobby.
Amplifier: Pass Labs INT 250 integrated.
DAC/Streamer: MSB Discrete Dual Power Supply.
Server: Roon Nucleus with lifetime subscription.
Speakers: Harbeth Super HL 5+ 40th Anniversary
Model.
Headphones/Amp: Focal Stellia phones, NAIM Uniti Atom Headphone Edition headphone amp/music player/server/streamer.
Cables: AudioQuest Rocket 88 speaker cables,
Mackenzie interconnects.
Speaker Stands: HiFi Man.
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June 17, 2020, 05:50 PM #20
Re: Your Top Five Choices Under $12,500 For Integrated Amps...
My Systems: http://www.audioshark.org/showthread...481#post158481
"We can hear everything we measure, but we can't measure everything we hear. Let your ears be your guide."
Dealer for: Aqua Hi-Fi, Aurender, AudioQuest Cables & Power Products, Berkeley Audio, Block Audio (distributor), Boulder Amplifiers, Bowers & Wilkins (B&W), Bryston, Clarisys Audio Loudspeakers (distributor), Classe’ Audio, Degritter Record Cleaning Machines, Esoteric, Finite Elemente, FirstWatt, Focal Loudspeakers and Headphones, GigaFoil, Harbeth Loudspeakers, Hegel, HiFi Man, Innuos, ISO Acoustics, Keces Power Supplies, Kharma Loudspeakers and Electronics, Kuzma Turntables, Lumin, Luxman, Magico Loudspeakers, MBL Speakers & Electronics, MSB Technologies, MySonicLabs Phono Cartridges, Nordost Cables, Ortofon, Pass Labs, Quadraspire, Rega Turntables and Electronics, Shunyata Research, STAX, Stein Music Products, Stillpoints, Soulution, VAC, Vicoustics, Viva Audio, VPI Industries, WireWorld Cables.
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