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Amplifier suggestion for Dynaudio Sapphire

Hi,

I bought a pair of Dynaudio Sapphire speakers. My electronics and cables are;

Classe Cap-2100
Ear Acute cd player
Pro-ject Extension(with ortfon Jubilee)
Unison Phono One Phone Pre
Auidoquest Volcano speaker cable, Sky Analog interconnects.

I do not have a budget limit to buy electronics(also no rush) but I do not want to spend my money for uncessary ultra expensive equipment. I am considering EAR 890 power&868 pre, ASR Emitter I with battery, Audio Research REF3(2nd hand of course)+REF110, Musical Fidelity AMS series vs. vs.
altanpsx
xti16
1,525 posts
 
At my dealer we set up his sapphires with a Naim 5i. Sounded really good (for a $1600 integrated) until you wanted to crank it. Heard them with Sim Audio - Burmester and Octave Jubilees (tube). Pretty close tie between the Burmester and Octaves. I'm not a fan of Sim - toooo detailed and not enough PRAT for me.

Wkjeffers I pretty sure Acoustic Lifestyle was using the Octave V40 integrated.
missioncoonery
1,191 posts
 
Pass labs and BAT would be my choice
altanpsx OP
70 posts
 
By the I found a second hand ref-210 and ref 3. Generally solidstates had been recommended, but what do you think about this pre-pro ?
missioncoonery
1,191 posts
 
IMO, for that cash there are better options.I would also consider upgrading cables.
keithr
1,305 posts
 
I agree with Mission. And the way to do this is to purchase BAT, Pass, and Krell amps and figure out which one you like first---then add the tube preamp. With BAT, you probably want a BAT preamp. With Krell you have many options. Pass you need to be careful on what you match it with (impedance-wise)---there is loads of information on this forum about Pass with tubes.

Can you use your Classe integrated as a preamp to do so? Speaker/amp is the critical match before anything else. If it were me I would purchase Krell and Pass and start from there....
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