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In Reply to: RE: Well, ordered the amp. posted by jdwaudio on September 23, 2014 at 10:19:15:
I have no complaints with the Sony TA-A1ES. It sounds nice but not quite up there with my Rogue Cronus Magnum tube integrated. I use both amps in my smallish home office / listening room combo. I can leave the Sony ON all day and listen while I work on the computer. I can do the same with the Rogue but at the expense of wearing out costly tubes for 'background music'. They both run a bit warm but that's not the issue for me.
Although I've had a couple wonderful sounding solid-state setups, I have found that they typically cost much more to achieve satisfying sound. I can achieve comparable or better sound with more modestly price vacuum tube gear. Go figure, but that has been my experience.
The Sony is fine but I have owned higher-end solid-state separates that sound noticeably better.
I wouldn't call it a giant killer but the Sony does perform better than my Denon PMA-2000ivr or the Marantz PM-8003. I'd like to try one of the Yamaha integrated amps maybe next year. I'm considering the Yamaha A-S2000 or A-S2100.
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