I am very out of touch with current hifi and I'm looking to put a system together. Absolutely love the sound of the B&W PM1s. Looking for an amp to go with them and need some suggestions to go demo.
I've been to 2 dealers, one only played me Naim gear, sounded nice but maybe a little "hard" compared to what I'm used to. Second dealer would only consider a Linn DSI and wasn't really prepared to enter any discussions regards anything else because apparently I need the Linn DSI. Linn was certainly warmer but I'm worried about future technologies with regards streaming and digital audio that may make an amp/media player redundant as new technologies come onto the market so I think I would prefer a dedicated amplifier (possibly with built in DAC). Would be prepared to spend up to 3k but by no means does it have to be the full budget. If someone thinks they may know a great amp for £200 that I should check out I'd be more than happy I will be predominantly playing ripped cds streamed from a device yet to be chosen with the usual array of tv, blu-ray players etc plugged into it . The main concern is the streamed music.
I've been to 2 dealers, one only played me Naim gear, sounded nice but maybe a little "hard" compared to what I'm used to. Second dealer would only consider a Linn DSI and wasn't really prepared to enter any discussions regards anything else because apparently I need the Linn DSI. Linn was certainly warmer but I'm worried about future technologies with regards streaming and digital audio that may make an amp/media player redundant as new technologies come onto the market so I think I would prefer a dedicated amplifier (possibly with built in DAC). Would be prepared to spend up to 3k but by no means does it have to be the full budget. If someone thinks they may know a great amp for £200 that I should check out I'd be more than happy I will be predominantly playing ripped cds streamed from a device yet to be chosen with the usual array of tv, blu-ray players etc plugged into it . The main concern is the streamed music.