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Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp?

I'm a reasonably well experienced audio nut and have tried a number of "good" integrated amps. I wonder, though, if there are integrated amps that are good enough for the "best", most revealing speakers. (Think Avalon Eidolon, Verity Parsifal, various JM Lab Utopias, and a variety of other fine speakers that do not have mammoth power requirements.) People talk about the Levinson, the Musical Fidelity KW-500 and the lesser MF amps, the BAT integrated, The Rowland Concerto, etc. etc. etc. I would like to hear from people who have actually tried the top tier of integrated amps and would be very interested in learning of their findings. Don't need to be the most expensive. Could be the YBA Passion, Classe, MacIntosh 6900, Krell 400i, or any of a number of integrated amps that are supposed to sound good. Hope to hear some good feedback. Thanks very much. Jprice  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 01-09-06

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 09-12-06   someone already mentioned the excellent gamut di-150---ver ...   Kalan 09-12-06   i bought a gamut di-150 and it was a wonderful sounding int ...   Jprice 09-14-06   Jprice, what speakers are you using with the rowland concert ...   Kalan 09-15-06   The asr emmiter is supposed to be last amp you'll ever need ...   Piedpiper 09-15-06   in response to a question from kalan (above) i am using th ...   Jprice 09-19-06   Jprice, i am familiar with both the veritys and the avalons. ...   Kalan 09-20-06   Wow, the title of the post says "are there any" an ...   4yanx 11-04-06   I have one to add: einstein -the absolute tune, looks unfort ...   Egidius 11-04-06   Anyone hear abbingdon music research's am-77? it's a hybri ...   F1a 07-23-07   Im driving jm lab electras 936 with their to noch berilium t ...   4uldis 07-24-07   I have been using my new coda csi integrated for about 2 mo ...   Rtilden 07-24-07   Just heard the 845 based solista from viva... absolutely stu ...   Piedpiper 07-25-07   I agree with piedpiper, the viva solista is a revelation. mi ...   David12 07-25-07   Another vote for simaudio i-7 it really does qualify high en ...   Solidstate9 07-25-07   There's actually two solistas, the mkii at $16.9k and the lt ...   Piedpiper 07-25-07   Hi, i really don't know what "truly high end" mean ...   Totemman 08-04-07   Toteman, i was just about to post on the blue circle bmph wh ...   Foster_9 03-03-08   Gamut di150 - you have to hear it to believe how good it is.   Mike60 01-09-09   i went and listened to the all new krell s300i $2,500 and i ...   Hifisoundguy 01-10-09   I have had quite a few integrateds, currently getting great ...   Flg2001 02-15-09   I started this thread in 2006 and have experienced several e ...   Jprice 02-23-09   I am the proud owner of the bow technologies wazoo xl and fo ...   Mracoustat 03-19-09   Only music through the latest viva solista mkii, after many ...   Kops 03-19-09   "luxman" l590a mk2 or l550a mk2... class a   Hifisoundguy 03-20-09   The esoteric at-100 is an integrated amp. however,it also ha ...   Dlanselm 03-21-09   Dlanselm: didn't see the at-100 on their website... where d ...   F1a 03-21-09   Hello fla, on esoteric's website is called the a-100, that ...   Dlanselm 08-28-09: Jprice I continue to be impressed by the Jeff Rowland Continuum 500. I am now using the amp to drive a pair of Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento speakers and the sound is superb!!!! As they say :"Try it, you'll like it"! Jprice  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 09-16-09   Jprice, if you like the rowland so much, why are you selling ...   Semi 09-16-09   Jprice, if you like the rowland so much, why are you selling ...   Semi 09-16-09   Not sure if anyone has mentioned the lsa integrated amps in ...   Bmckenney 09-18-09   I'm lurking around for a true high end integrated, ended up ...   Deadlyvj 09-21-09   Intrigued of your final component list deadlyvj, were the ja ...   Flg2001 09-21-09   With the obvious conflict of interest here, i would recommen ...   Lrsky 09-21-09   "so many are good to great to wonderful. we all hear va ...   Phaelon 09-21-09   I agree completely that there are many excellent integrated ...   Tvad 09-22-09   Hello flg2001, i tried to reach gyphon, they do not sell in ...   Deadlyvj 09-22-09   I've owned three jadis integrateds, and still have two of th ...   Trelja 09-22-09   The altmann byob amplifier.   Bermudabill 09-22-09   Trelja, not only is the jadis good sounding, it is great eye ...   Lrsky 09-23-09   Deadlyvj, i suggest you check out the apl hi-fi ua-s1. its a ...   Perrew 09-23-09   The vac alpha was very musical and enjoyable when i heard it ...   Barrelchief

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