I would buy used you'd get a hell of a lot more amp for your money. I was going to mention a (digital) T-Amp possibly a Topping (I have one and it's very good) I also have AudioNote gear too so I come from a good point of reference when saying the Topping sounds good. The "Ice" amp one of the guys posted a link is also very good indeed, As for spending $700 plus on an Arcam FMJ or the likes, thats not what I'd do (I have an Alpha 7r by the way and a 10P) the Alpha 7 is a really superb amp, but I think a T-amp or "Ice" is certainly worth thinking long and hard about, the performance of these types of amps is simply amazing.
Only a couple of days left on this> was a $1600 amp in its day http://www.ebay.com/itm/NAIM-NAIT-5-INTEGRATED-WITH-REMOTE-CONTROL-/250986412403?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Amplifiers&hash=item3a6ff4b973 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Proceed-Madrigal-Digital-Audio-Processor-PDP-2-DAC-Converter-Mark-Levinson-/160747445656?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256d4b5d98 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bryston-4B-Power-Amplifier-200-Watts-Per-Channel-8ohms-/330693860310?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4cfee3dbd6 See, get the idea! You can get something worth double or even triple your budget, that will far outperform anything in the NEW $700 category -- mashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mashley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36549 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93776 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
