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Needed: Honest Advice on high-end amps- either mono or stereo

I'm perplexed by the offering of high end amps. I have heard some really expensive amps- ARC 300m, D'Agostino, Burmeister,  the 1200w Macs- all impressive but....

In your HONEST opinion- are the THAT good? 

For the money (Let's pretend you and I  can afford them- may of us can) are they transformative? Exceptional? WAYYY better than a lesser mortals out there? 

Forget economic proportionality- most of us are wealthy. We can pay to play. My question is: are they EXCEPTIONAL or just moderately better for much more money? 

This is an honest question seeking thoughtful answers..... 

 

 

yesiam_a_pirate
mihorn
908 posts
 
audphile1  The Boulder amp will give you goosebumps with a musical and engaging source components. It sounds incredible in my system fed by a Meitner DAC. Very natural, musically satisfying it reproduces music as natural as it was recorded and gives you a true picture.

Please share. Do you have a link to your system sound? I love to listen a good music. Alex/WTA

axpert's avatar
axpert
138 posts
 

PASS LABS OR PRIMA LUNA   !!!  "PERIOD !!!

gavman's avatar
gavman
157 posts
 

@yesiam_a_pirate my suggestion would be to spend as much on your power amp as you do on your speakers, as you do on your subwoofers.

Then the same amount again on your front end

gav

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audphile1
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@mihorn my system recorded using my iPhone posted on YouTube played back on your phone will sound like what it is - music recorded on iphone. It won’t even be close to what my system sounds like. I won’t even bother. 

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squared80
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The amps that come in AVRs you can buy at any big box store will sound as good as any amp you buy. Fact. The only argument to be made for changing the sound are tube amps, if that's what you prefer.

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