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Tim Huynh Unregistered guest | I've got a pair of B&W DM603 S3 and want to get a pre & power amp to go with it. The buget is around $1000 for the pre & power. There are only limited brands available where I live: Pass Labs, Denon, Yamaha, Marantz, Onkyo, Roksan Which should I get ? Any advise is appreciated. Thanks. |
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J. Vigne Unregistered guest | If this is stereo only check the recent posts on this thread for some interesting ideas: https://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/forum/home-audio/21154.html |
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Silver Member Username: SoccerPost Number: 310 Registered: Apr-04 | With only those brands, and for MY TASTE, I'de go for a Pass Power feeded by a Denon/Roksan preamp |
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Tim Huynh Unregistered guest | I got an offer of Threshold SA/3 Stassis Class A power amp 50 Wfor $550 from a friend. It looks big and is heavy. It sounds warm and detailed Should I go for it ? Thanks. |
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Silver Member Username: SoccerPost Number: 311 Registered: Apr-04 | Always trust your ears and always ear several before buying one |
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Tim Huynh Unregistered guest | Thanks JF. I bought the Threshold. It really gives strength to the B&W - warmer, stronger vocal and music eventhough it's like 20 yrs old and has only 50W per channel (comparing to 95W/c of My Marantz SR5400). I'm using my SR5400 as pre-amp and thinking of selling it and buy Nad pre amp C160. I'll also get a new CD player. I have in mind the Marantz CD17mkIII. Would all those go well together ? Thanks. |