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gasolin

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I have desided to sell my Yamaha r-n600a

WHY

After 5-6 weeks with my triange espirit titus ez i tried my fosi audio bt20a and my nad c7171 (have no more amps i havent tried)

My nad c717 sounds better (class d)

A little more highs with my m-audio m-track solo sound card, using my asus xonar se to get 24 bit and 192khz a little less highs but stil more than using the internal dac on my yamaha, often i would feel it's to soft even with the treble raised (prefer the bas and high neutral)

Midrange sounds more open without the lower mids sounding to full on some songs (when the bass is at 0 db ), i don't as often feel the upper mids,lower tweeter is to soft, the bass sounds more noticeable at low and high levels, fuller without to much midbass that effects the deep male voice

2x20 watt 8 ohm and 2x30 watt in 6 ohm, my speakers are rated down to 3.8 ohm but no problems driving them, no unsually high heat, infact the power is so good i only want a little more for the sound to be cleaner at my prefered loudness,volume and to have just a little more headroom (min +3d or if you will double the power)

I just can't see me buying another nad amp for what i can get for my yamaha amp, since i don't thing the older C320-372 would sound as good as my Nad C717 (strangly enough) and the new full sized nad class d amp might be to expensive used
 
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gasolin

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Update on my side

I did have the 600a

I now have new speakers from system audio 150 watt 88 db not pa loud but not 100 euros active pc speakers loud

Made for playing loud and bass, for there size more than the avarage speaker

less than 500 euro for my amps when they where new (my nad in technical mint condition cost me less than 60 euros with shipping) sounds good, nad good bass not bright highs, marantz brighter sounding more detailed open sound and slightly less bass but a little more controlled

Both are dynamic but only have medium power (stil enough to play loud), i thought they where good with my speakers but not as good as it can be,sound.

Amp should be the samne as the a-s701 that has around 115 watt in 8 ohm and 180watt i 4 ohm according to audio science reviews is more than enough and close to 300 watt in 4 ohm (peak power)

 

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