Pass aleph 5 vs. mccormack 125


Need a good 2 channel amp to drive my newform research r645's which are 91 db's efficient. Has anyone heard both these or can recommend a great rocking amp for $1500? Preamp is melos ma 333.Thanx
streetmanf980

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hi streetman,

how *are* those newforms? i wanna pair myself... ;~) as i'm sure ya know, john meyer of newform recommends digital amplification, specifically spectron amps, but i tink there are a few others, like the innersound & the belcanto.

ok, shameless-plug-time: while the mccormack & the pass amps are certainly nice, i still tink ya can't go wrong w/the >80 amps of current that is put out by the electrocompaniet aw100 i have f/s, at ~half the price... ;~)

regards, doug

ps - john meyer recommends going to an active outboard x-over & two amps for the newforms, even more than the hovland cap upgrade to the passive x-over...