Thinking of getting one of these and moving on from my beloved little Marantz m-cr603.
Can anybody tell me about the relative strengths and weaknesses of this amplifier who has one or has experience of it? I know it is supposed to be on the warm side rather than analytical which would suit my musical taste. I tried the Audiolab 6000A for a bit and didn't really like it: I find it sterile and uninvolving. I also had a Marantz pm6006 uk for a bit and that was just meh which was surprising.
I listen to a lot of music across the board from rock, jazz, alt country to classical but hip hop (with the exception of a bit of classic 90s stuff) and metal are not my genres. I'm currently listening to mostly Amazon HD using a newly acquired ifi Zen Blue connected with QED graphite interconnects to my Marantz and I the sound is just dandy, albeit without that aforementioned punch. My current speakers are Elac debut b5 (originals), which I absolutely love and would probably keep but if a new amp gave me the itch there I'd think about upgrading to the Debut Reference dbr62 as I think Elac and Andrew Jones are bloody great.
Any pointers on this amp or other contenders maybe including older Arcam amps would be much appreciated. Thanks guys.
Can anybody tell me about the relative strengths and weaknesses of this amplifier who has one or has experience of it? I know it is supposed to be on the warm side rather than analytical which would suit my musical taste. I tried the Audiolab 6000A for a bit and didn't really like it: I find it sterile and uninvolving. I also had a Marantz pm6006 uk for a bit and that was just meh which was surprising.
I listen to a lot of music across the board from rock, jazz, alt country to classical but hip hop (with the exception of a bit of classic 90s stuff) and metal are not my genres. I'm currently listening to mostly Amazon HD using a newly acquired ifi Zen Blue connected with QED graphite interconnects to my Marantz and I the sound is just dandy, albeit without that aforementioned punch. My current speakers are Elac debut b5 (originals), which I absolutely love and would probably keep but if a new amp gave me the itch there I'd think about upgrading to the Debut Reference dbr62 as I think Elac and Andrew Jones are bloody great.
Any pointers on this amp or other contenders maybe including older Arcam amps would be much appreciated. Thanks guys.