Life after DarTZeel


I would like to hear from ppl who have had and SOLD DarTZeel amp.

I'm asking ppl who have already sold this amp, since very often, when we still have the stuff, we either do not want to admit its shortcomings, or just don't hear them. It is only after buying sth new, we discover what part of the performance could have been improved upon.

So what was your next amp ?
What qualities your next amp exhibits that DarT lacks ?
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Showing 1 response by arthurp

I owned the darTZeel amp and preamp combo. I've since sold them both and moved on. They are a very emotion provoking combo. Most people who own the darTs do so on either Von Schweikert or Evolution Acoustics speakers. This is because JTinn the USA distributor used to sell VS before giving them up in favor of his own speaker company EA. Both of those speakers were designed by the same designer who designs very efficient speakers. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that Avalon designs speakers that are not the most efficient. I own Hansen's. While they are an easy load to drive, they clearly will not sound their best without significant power. The darTs are nice, but they are very expensive for their power rating, and do limit your speaker choices to very efficient speakers if you want to really appreciate what you bought them for.