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Re: So, you are telling me that Panny, Sony, etc. (digital amps) are better than Rowland, Pass, ML, etc.?

I have listened to the Panny XR10/25/45, JVC ES1, Sony 70 etc in a dozen different systems or so.

They all portrayed a clarity that may be viewed as being a transparency. Bass was generally good. Dynamics were good. Top end was spotty and hard at times (the JVC was okay there)

I could not live with any of them long term though. They lacked that certain organic naturalness that I have heard with many tube and SS systems (but not all). I could swear I could hear the "digital switching". The one exception in a digital amp was the ICEAudio S250. very natural sounding. Needs a decent source and pre though as most good systems do. I did not warm up to the Bel Canto Evo2i GenII. The PSAudio PCA-2 was okay but began to bug me after a few days of listening. So more $$$ in digital amps does not mean certain success either

For those that the Panny et al work well for, I count them lucky because they have mucho $$$ to spend elsewhere now.

If you have not heard any of the cheap digital amps yet, run down to your local big box electronics retailer with a 30 day return policy and try it out. Who knows you may be wowed!



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