I wonder if some of Sutts' "haze" impression of the GamuT D200 could have been mitigated by adjusting the internal dip switches that govern gain (and input sensitivity).
Matching with the pre-amp and speakers contributes a lot to the over all performance of a given amp. Lots of break in, careful cabling choices and gain-matching of the GamuT could make or break the impression, IMHO.
The GamuT could have been adjusted for less gain to mate up with the 97-dB sensitive Coincident Victories. I think the manual advises this with high output sources; so, I would imagine some aspect of the same principle would apply for sensitive speakers.
With the First Sound 4.0-Paramount Plus pre-amp, the Gamut amp happens to sound very clear with no gain attenuation--in other words .77 V input sensitivity or 35 dB of gain. (Speakers are Coincident Super Eclipse III's in this case, 14-Ohm, 92dB.) The Gamut amp needs about 300 hours of run-in time to kick in. The dealer's demo unit may not have had enough time on it and could have had its setting not optimized for Sutts' surrounding gear.
Matching with the pre-amp and speakers contributes a lot to the over all performance of a given amp. Lots of break in, careful cabling choices and gain-matching of the GamuT could make or break the impression, IMHO.
The GamuT could have been adjusted for less gain to mate up with the 97-dB sensitive Coincident Victories. I think the manual advises this with high output sources; so, I would imagine some aspect of the same principle would apply for sensitive speakers.
With the First Sound 4.0-Paramount Plus pre-amp, the Gamut amp happens to sound very clear with no gain attenuation--in other words .77 V input sensitivity or 35 dB of gain. (Speakers are Coincident Super Eclipse III's in this case, 14-Ohm, 92dB.) The Gamut amp needs about 300 hours of run-in time to kick in. The dealer's demo unit may not have had enough time on it and could have had its setting not optimized for Sutts' surrounding gear.