Accuphase amplifier choice

@lalitk 

Thank You.

I would recommend allowing this amp to settle in for atleast 250 hours and you will realize the difference between the A21 and A-48S is far from subtle.

I think this needs a bit of clarification. Even within the first 80 minutes, I was grinning a bit when I was listening to the Accuphase. And that classical tune - that definitely reminded me of why you love this amp. On that particular piece, I was stunned, because it made me "listen" to the piece rather than "hear" it. The sound stage was slightly wider, but the "wholeness" of the orchestra was something I had not experienced before. This amp , sort of, highlights the background information that I was "not paying attention to" before. Mind you - I did not say "missing" - probably it was there with the Parasound. But this amp made me pay attention. The fact that it made me listen to a "classical" piece with this much attention makes it a winner in my books. Any amp can make me enjoy the Nils Lofgren Dire Straits, etc. I will try a few Living Stereo/Voice SACDs later and see if I don't get distracted.

But thank you for talking me into this amp. I am going to take my own sweet time to listen to this amp and not rush to burn it in.

@arafiq 

Thank You

I just now responded to @lalitk that the difference is not subtle when I made that statement. But that the same time the sound difference is not 5X of what you would expect between the Parasound and the Accuphase. I was really happy with the Parasound. But I wanted to experience the "upper end" of hifi and now was a good time.

You are right - I was up until 1:00AM last night and that was when I was texting you. Thanks for sharing your experience and enthusiasm about this amp.

@fire_water , @westcoastaudiophile we had discussed about how successful this amp would be to drive my ProAc D48Rs. Using the 3 second meter I was able to find that the needle stays between 0.1 to 7%. Only once did it do to 10, and that too very briefly. I am thinking this is 5 Watts? This was on the Nils Lofgren "Bass & Drum Intro - Live" on Spotify.  And by that time the loudness on the meter was 86. I just wanted to see how loud I can get to make the scale tough 10%.

The scary part about this amp is that the "clarity" of this amp makes you NOT realize that you have "upped" the volume so much that it is not good for the ears. But I do not plan on experimenting it again. This was just a one-off.

Thank You both for your inputs!

congrats @milpai w/ A48S! I had A21 before moving to Accuphase, P4500/A48.. Accuphase is completely different design concept comparing to A21, with focus on micro-dynamics, at full range of power levels. also, switching from Pharasound amp to Accuphase completely eliminated “radio” and other RF interference effects in my setup, for both, RCA and XLR (true balanced) configs.. 

Thank You @westcoastaudiophile !