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Looking to match an integrated amp to B&W PM1 or..

I am going to be buying a B&W PM1 or CM9 for my living room. The integrated amplifiers I am looking at are Rotel, Roksan Caspian M2, Krell S-300i and maybe Naim. Can someone help me with some options that have traditionally been good pairings for B&W's?

Prices from what I have seen:

Krell S-300i $2,000
Roksan Caspian $2,500
Not sure about the rest.

Thanks!
Jeff
jeffatus
rex44
64 posts
 
According to whathifi review of the B&W PM1, the Caspian is a prefect match.
jeffatus OP
42 posts
 
I was initially going to look into getting the Caspian, the problem is that there are no local dealers and it will end up costing close to $3k delivered. What's more, there are no local repair shops either. The Caspian should really only be a little more than $2k when you take into account the currency exchange. For $3k, I am thinking I might be able to find a better amp.
fredlouie
3 posts
 
Hi Jeff I live in HK and have listened to the PM1 paired with Roksan Caspian as well as Cyrus I didn't like the look of either. The sound was ok but I preferred it matched to the Marantz PM15S2 Int Amp with SA15S2 CD player. This is how B&W store had it setup and it sounded AWESOME! And blew me away whereas the other two it didn't have that effect on me.

Which one in the end did you get?
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