I had an occasion recently to listen again to the AHB2. It really delivers a pristine window to my source material with noise so low it's essentially irrelevant. More than just about any other amp, it's been great for revealing fine detail, texture, and nuance in well-recorded music. It's not sterile but it definitely gets out of the way entirely.
Considering Schiit equipment
Hi folks,
I love my vintage gear but have an itch to try some new equipment.
I'm looking into a pair of Schiit Tyr F mono blocks and either the Frya +F, Kara F or Saga 2 preamps.
Mono blocks are a given. I like it better than just stereo.
The preamps are hard to decide on. Frya +F has tubes and I've never had tube equipment. The Kara F seems the same, except no tubes. The Saga 2 is in the running because of the extra RCA input. I will need 5 RCA jack inputs total.
I see I can get XLR to RCA adapters but wonder about quality loss with those.
I can live with one adapter for the rarely used tuner if sound quality loss is an issue with these.
A big issue with the Schiit preamps is that I don't see a balance control for left and right. Is this something that's done with the remote control or just isn't there?
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If you are still looking for mono blocs, you might consider Odyssey power amps. www.odysseyaudio.com Klaus builds them in Indiana, and, IMHO, they are excellent, especially given the price, and you can get a pair of Stratos mono blocs with 180 watts per channel for about $2700 before any upgrades. I purchased a pair of Kismet monblocs in Stratos cases, and the sound quality is absolutely superb; in fact, I am going to have Klaus convert them to stereo so I can vertically biamplify my speakers. I considered replacing them with other amplifiers, but the Odysseys just sound so VERY good that I opted for the alteration route rather than replacement. The only downside is that you might have to wait a bit for Klaus to get them built, but they most definitely are worth the wait. (I have no relationship to Odyssey other than being a VERY satisfied customer who has talked with Klaus several times not the phone.) |
@mike4597 I appreciate your thoughts but I went with the Cambridge Audio Edge M mono blocks. They're hooked up and I really like them. My whole line of thinking has changed since I started this thread. I was going to use the speakers and preamp I already had but ended up replacing almost everything, Here's what I ended up getting in the long run: LG 77" OLED TV Hospital grade outlets Schneider Electric Type 1 whole house surge protector Still using a Rotel Tribute CD player as a transport I just bought a couple years ago Still using a 36 year old Harmon Kardon HD7600 CD player as a transport Bought a Shanling CD transport but sent it back. It made grinding noises and wouldn't play all discs.
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