I heard the new Nagra Classic Amp (SS) with the Classic Preamp (tube) last weekend. They were paired with Wilson Sabrina's, Transparent Cables/PCs/power conditioning and the dCS Debussy DAC playing thru Tidal. It was a very good for sure. Very revealing, nice pace, and very non-fatiguing over the four hours the system was in use. I have heard the Sabrina's a number of times and they've mostly been paired with ARC gear, which also sounds very good. I've also heard them with D'Agostino Momentum Monos/Pre a few years back, which is considered very good and have more recently heard them with an Arcam integrated with room correction (not as good as any of the other electronics I've mentioned). I very much like the Sabrina's and the Nagra worked very well with them. I have no prior knowledge of Nagra but very much enjoyed what I heard and I have not compared Nagra to other Swiss, Danish, German, or Italian brands. However, the Classic Amp was compared to the D'Agostino Classic Stereo Amp last weekend. I preferred the Nagra Classic Amp for its finesse and tactilness. The Dag was very iron-fisted (read bass controll) and overall less involving. Funny how a 40 lb. amp sounded better to me than a 108 lb behemoth. Weight, implementation, etc are all factors, but for me, the sound is the most important.
