Help me find a new SS amp

[Puma Cat]

thanks everyone for the ideas. i've decided to keep it simple and try the Dart 108, new Bakoon 23r or 43r (when released this fall), and the LTA Ultralinear+. In the end I'm feeling a simple amp to go with what really is just a large, 2-way speaker.

i'm still hesitant Class D, even though i've heard good things about Audion. just seems every 3 years there is a latest and greatest chip and then its gone.

I haven't some of those, but DarTZeel makes what I would classify one of the top 3 SS amps I've ever heard. An aspirational product line for me...

 

[atmasphere]

thanks everyone for the ideas. i've decided to keep it simple and try the Dart 108, new Bakoon 23r or 43r (when released this fall), and the LTA Ultralinear+. In the end I'm feeling a simple amp to go with what really is just a large, 2-way speaker.

i'm still hesitant Class D, even though i've heard good things about Audion. just seems every 3 years there is a latest and greatest chip and then its gone.

Don't get one with a chip then. The thing is, what you want (what will sound the most musical) is an amp with the right distortion signature. If you have that it won't matter what the amp actually is- class A, AB or D.

 

[Hear Here]

i'm still hesitant Class D, even though i've heard good things about Audion. just seems every 3 years there is a latest and greatest chip and then its gone.

That just means that Class D is the only technology where effort is being put to advance things. What's been new in Class A, AB or tube technology in the last decade? Buy the best Class D now if you think its sound matches or betters other technologies - as I do. If in 3 years' time an even better sounding Class D module comes along, you still have the earlier one in the knowledge that it still matches or beats everything else - apart from the new Class D. You've not lost out because of advances in technology any more than if you buy A or AB now and realise in 3 years time, the latest Cladd D sounds better.

Also Class D is essentially less costly than others in the first place.

 

[bluegrassphile]

Also check out NAIM products. Top notch gear.

 

[Paul]

Mike isn’t the Luxman 595 special edition would be perfect with Fyne speakers ? They go up to 95 watts


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[Mike]

Mike isn’t the Luxman 595 special edition would be perfect with Fyne speakers ? They go up to 95 watts


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Sure is! But it’s difficult to find one since there is a limited production. That being said, we have I believe one left.


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[KeithR]

integrateds don't work very well in my room with my rack off to the side - i wish they did a special edition low wattage amplifier

 

[puroagave]

I've had so much tube gear go boom on me - and i have considered a ZOTL40 of course to match my preamp. It only weighs 15lbs which is a positive but just not sure I want the hassle anymore.

Puroagave- I owned the Valvet A4mki 5 years ago, which was surpassed by a Dart integrated. The mk2 versions apparently are quite good though and under consideration. That said, the guy who reviewed them also had the Essence I heard and well, let's just say it didn't seem close in performance. Of course the Gryphon is 3x the price.

Two other SS amps I loved in the past and want to come back to eventually are YBA from France and Symphonic Line from Germany. Both are meatier sounding like tubes, recreate fine textures and harmonics that are convincing and life-like. I cant speak for their current product line but I for one would like to have me some again.