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In Reply to: RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment posted by DominicPorter on August 09, 2016 at 22:40:19
I think that it might help if we knew exactly what he didn't like about each of the three amps. Currently we have someone who has not liked the sound of three amplifiers of markedly different sound signatures. In fact so different are they that I could reasonably conclude that it is ultimately the speakers, not the amps, that he doesn't like.Nevertheless he could try an integrated from one of the industry's legendary designers, Tim de Paravicini. An EAR 834. Should be roughly within his budget even more so given the current low value of the UK pound. It certainly sounds nothing like a Naim or Cary.
Edit: Oops sorry, he wants SS. I'll point out that running SS succesfully usually means that it will need to be left on permanently ( pre-amps anyway - with an integrated it is the whole thing obviously). Is he happy with this? It's why many SS manufacturers put the power switch on the rear panel to discourage switching off. Otherwise the warm up time for most SS integrateds will be longer than a tube amp. A tube amp should sound pretty good after 30 mins from cold even if it hasn't reached optimum, but an SS from cold? It'll "work" immediately but won't be anywhere near its full performance. I guess he should be aware of this having owned Naims where the manufacturer recommendation is leave on 24/7.
How about Ayre?
Edits: 08/10/16 08/10/16 08/10/16Follow Ups:
IF the speakers 90+ db efficient (or better) then this is.. ALL.. you need to know;
Firstwatt.
Only sensitivity? Not really (see link). Also the OP placed constraints over aspects of the amplifier performance e.g. warm up time which need to be taken account of.
I found warm up times to be exaggerated. My VTA warms up in like 3-5 minutes.
charles
Similar experience with my VTA. Maybe not quite that quick,(3-5) but certainly in the 10-15 minute range. In other words, a non-issue. This has been true for most all the P-P tube amps I've owned. On the other hand, my 845 SET takes a minimum of 30-45 minutes to hit its stride.
I too am happy with my EAR after a similar time from switch on. However it all depends upon what one considers as absolute warm up. I have to say that despite sounding great with the warm up time above, after 90 minutes or so some kind of subtle improvement seems to happen as images appear to gain tangibilty and the sound becomes somehow more inviting. Very minor and perhaps in my imagination but it seems real enough and occurs consistently enough for me to believe it.On the SS side of things I can put a thermocouple on either of my SS pre-amps and see that thermal stability is not reached until a long time after switch on.
Edits: 08/11/16
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