Looking for a high end integrated to suit Dynaudio contour 5.4's

@plbo2

hi hi from Perthie, so sorta local.

I have the the dynaudio confidence 5 and have run them with a variety of amps and integrateds

sticking to integrated amps

i had a LSA standard integrated which is a hybrid valve pre and s/s power. Great sounding amp very powerful. But I don’t think they are sold in OZ any more.

i did have a JR continuum s2 and can confirm they drove my c5 very well, very fast delicate/vibrant sound, suited them well. If it’s relevant to you the optional phono stage is very good.

i later sold that to buy my current Yamaha AS3000 which being class A/B has a different sound to the S2 , hard to say exactly has I never auditioned them together. Sound wise very strong solid sound that I have to be listenable for long periods - mids and highs in particular sound good. Lots of facilities on the as3000 and the phono stage is again good.

having said that I’ve just bought a Marantz sa10 SACD and I’m thinking of getting the matching pm10 integrated :-)

cheers

ps sources were technics sl1000mk2 with Ortofon a90 cartridge, Yamaha cds2100 SACD since October 2016 and now Marantz sa10 in the last couple of weeks. So still working on listening with that one. 

Welcome , feel to pm if you want any more info. 

How about one of the bigger Mcintosh integrateds 79000 or similar? 

@plb02 

i ran my confidence 5 for a while with Bryston 4Bsst2 and that sounded very nice. I used a w4s STP -Se preamp , good pairing.

bryston do a integrated amp the 135 , not sure what it's like tho, be nice nice if Bryston were to do a super integrated .