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I NEED AN AMP!! BUT WHAT?? HELP PLEASE!!

Hello Everyone!
First I really appreciate any input you might have for me!

I am very new to the audiophile environment. I have a Jeff Rowland Coherence One preamp and an Oracle Delphi MK II Turntable with Alphason HR 100s tone arm, and a Micro Benz Glider M2 MC cartridge.
I also have a Parasound Dac.

I am borrowing a Bryston 3b to power my speakers.. however I need to buy my own.

Bryston is great! however I need more power for my NHT VT-2.4 speakers which has a 88db sensitivity and are 6 ohms..
However they sound great with my other pair of ADS L810 speakers which are 88db and are 4 ohms...

I would like like to buy an amp and spend about $1.000

What would you all recommend???

Best Regards
Ugur

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maplegrovemusic
1,113 posts
 
"For $1k, sheesh, really I think you need to increase your budget bro!"

Yeah bro , you can't even get a decent set of interconnects with that budget ! 
strateahed
297 posts
 
Although I've never heard it, I'd go with the Odyssey Khartago with a budget of $1k ... for all the reasons stated earlier. If you check over at the audio circle dot com, you'll read about the Odyssey line garnering "best in show" against some fairly impressive gear, priced much higher. My suggestion: go ahead and pull the trigger. This is a hobby that requires some auditioning, trial/error. You're only going to get so much from asking folks who've all got there own preferences and biases. Just my 2 cents.
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giantsalami
208 posts
 
I have one for sale, (Odyssey) if you are interested.
parabolic
106 posts
 
If you like the sound you're getting from the Bryston so far, why not look into a 4BST (250wpc) which can be had within your budget?
gbmcleod
427 posts
 
I'll second (and third) the Khartago as I've had one. ZERO grain (like 25 speed Kodachrome film, meaning "better than anything YOU got" as we would say to other fellow photographers). The Khartago avoids, as JV said in his TAS review, any sense of black half dots across the presentation (aka "grain), and better than the Parasound or even the Hegel H80 I've had. AND, I think Klaus gives you a 30 day return period. (Somebody correct me if I'm wrong)...

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