I bought a new Cary SLP98P in Feb. I had it hooked to a McIntosh 7270 SS amp and it sounded great. I sold the amp (after 17 years) and bought a Cary V12R amp with Ruby tubes. The results are excellent. Buy one, even if you send it to Cary for a check up, you will be very happy with the results. I have listened to and can afford amps that cost 10 times the money, but there is really little to no difference in sound. Make sure your speakers put out a sound pressure level of 88-105 range. Good luck
Best poweramp $2-4K matched with Cary SLP-98
I just bought a Cary SLP-98 and am looking for a power amp in the range of $2-4K for this Cary preamp. My system includes Meredian G08 and ProAC Ref8 signature. I enjoy listening to the Jazz music. I did some research in the audiogon discussion threads and mostly the threads talked about the tube rolling and rarely mentioned about the amp used. Please share your experiences of your amp with the SLP-98. Thanks.