[quote user="Hughes123"][quote user="Charlie Jefferson"]Just theoretically speaking - and as a part-member of the Arcam club - how would I best fit the much touted A32 into my system? I'm currently running an A85 and P90. Which component would be superfluous here? Any thoughts anyone?
The rest of my set-up is: Arcam CD92 & Chord 64DAC, Roksan Radius deck & B&W 1NT speakers.[/quote]
Personally, I would replace both the A85 and P90 with the A32, however with the correct gain setting, I'm sure the P90 would work very well with the A32 functioning as a pre-amp. Remember, the pre-amp is more crutial than the power-amp as you can't amplifiy a bad signal and get good quality...[/quote]
Keep the power amp and sell the A85. Then at some point you could upgrade the P90 to the FMJ equivalent. I would definitely advocate biamping as I think it really adds to the overall effect.
By the way I misread the first post, thought it said A85 when in fact it said P85.