Trust your own ears only. Use Stereophile or any other magazine for that matter for referance only. Not all equipment get along or sound good togeather no matter the class.
Recommended components on Stereophile Magazine.
1/ I'm gathering thoughts, if you read Stereophile's recommended components pages, would you buy a "class-A" comnopnent for $3K or spend $8K for a "class-B" ?
2/ Do you fully trust Stereophile's recommendation?
3/Just to be safe, I think I would go with their rec. "class-A" unit for $3K.
2/ Do you fully trust Stereophile's recommendation?
3/Just to be safe, I think I would go with their rec. "class-A" unit for $3K.