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+1 Agree - keep the DAC separate

Posted by AbeCollins (A) on January 11, 2017 at 08:09:09

In Reply to: Good suggestions and recommendations posted by airtime on January 11, 2017 at 07:02:24:

DAC technology continues to evolve. We had FireWire, adaptive then async USB, support for "CD quality" PCM, high resolution PCM, DSD64, higher resolution DSD, and now MQA in a small handful of DACs. Outstanding and very capable DACs are available at very reasonable prices and as DAC technology evolves we can simply buy a new DAC. I would not buy an integrated amp setup with the DAC built-in UNLESS I were very very space constrained. I -might- consider something like this in my home office but not for my primary system.

I owned some pretty decent separates over the years including a pair of 250wpc Manley Neo-Classic 250 monoblocks (10 EL34's per amp), Bryston 7BSST2 monoblocks, AES/Cary SixPac monoblocks (6 EL34's per amp), Wyred4Sound SX-500 Class D monoblocks, Spread Spectrum Technologies Ampzilla 2000 2nd Edition monoblocks, and several stereo amps and various preamps.

When I downsized I needed a fair amount of power for my Thiel CS2.4 speakers. 50wpc won't cut it but 100wpc from the Rogue Cronus Magnum (using KT120 tubes) does a great job. This same amp outfitted with EL34's was under powered in my setup but with KT120's or KT90's it sounds wonderful.

I have the 100wpc Rogue Cronus Magnum tube integrated in the basement system on the Thiels and the 60wpc Ayre AX-7e SS integrated in my home office driving my Tannoys.

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