Best match amp for Dali Menuet SE

[skinnypuppy71]

Thank you for your help!!!I am very close now to choose Neat for my next speakers.Can you tell me which of the following amps you think its best for these speakers or if you have a better choice under 1100 euro.Rega brio mk7 and Arcam A5.

Used Naim Nait xs2 or Supernait 2 if you can find one in budget....Naim and Neat go together like G+T...Naim kit is in different league to the Arcam gear so I wouldn't bother...never used a rega amp myself, Roksan Caspian m.2 would be a good shout also...and I'm deliberately veering you in the direction of pre loved Amplifiers as you get so much more bang for your buck, they tend to be very reliable and built robustly at this price point.......and the Neats deserve/need a good quality Amplifier in front of them.....My recent Electrocompaniet Eci 6mkii is a 6k amp and the Neats are lapping it up.....so if you are going for them, please give them the amp they deserve, by that, I mean a quality unit that had a original rrp of 2k or above, Rega Brio ain't good enough to get the best from them, Exposure 2510, Naim Nait xs 2 -3 would be the minimum I'd use with the Petite classics.

 

[skinnypuppy71]

A British Audiophile gives a good review here and explains a bit about system matching.

View: https://youtu.be/Qz9urOOkxME?si=yvur7NgheT__hMN-

 

[MUSICRAFT]

I had very difficult task to do because in the last 20 years i use studio monitors for music listening. So i was between hifi and studio monitors and this is because as you know its difficult to find hifi speakers that i find now that is suitable for so close listening 1,5 meters. Many times i said ok i end up in this and then i change my mind again when i read and see something better. And ok many says studio monitors are not for casual listening but some reviews from audiophile magazines on specific studio monitors says great things. Many times you read to prase a hifi speakers that has studio monitor sound. So in the end all is in the paper or what you read. Only someone who put together for example 5 pair of studio monitors side by side with 5 pairs of hifi speakers can hear the real difference. Most of hifi world "hate" pro speakers and most of pros hate hifi speakers!!!

Try a pair of Devialet's full range Phantom Ultimate 98 dB. Within your budget, even out if the box at factory default settings the presentation strikes a superb balance between studio and hi-fi qualities and the audio parameters are still comprehensively adjustable via the App.