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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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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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wtf
307 posts
 
Another vote for the Odyssey Khartago. It's hard to beat in this price range. Buy used and you won't be waiting months for Klaus to build yours. He's a busy man for a reason.
soix
8,637 posts
 
As per your prior post you'll likely be getting new speakers within a year and you'll want to match those with an amp that sounds and works best with them, so my advice is to buy a decent used amp with good resale value now so you can potentially sell it later at little or no loss.  There's a good McCormack DNA125 for sale here now that should nicely meet your needs now and give you low-risk flexibility for the future.  If it turns out you really like it and it works well with your future speakers you even have the option to upgrade it at SMcAudio later to turn it into something quite special.  Anyway, hope this helps and best of luck. 
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