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In Reply to: RE: Help me pick SET monoblocks posted by Triode_Kingdom on August 23, 2017 at 11:27:01:
Ahh that's the part I missed - I would agree with you that if you are listening to full orchestral music and you are expecting the same level you get at such an event then small amps with 93db (or even 97db) in a medium/large room isn't going to happen.
I would go back to my altenrate suggestion of buying a preamp and then buying SS watts (which are cheap). Virtually any so called high end SS power amp from 10 years ago selling at car prices can be had for $2k or less now. So getting a 300 watt per channel amplifier is very easy to find. There were some Threshold monoblocks here for a few hundred bucks. Then for the rest of the music run the high quality less "pushy" sounding amplifiers.
One note I should personally make is that I live in Hong Kong where apartments are small albeit with high ceilings. And even in my room I am contemplating buying an M6 Phono preamp with Empress monoblocks (7 watts). On the other hand the Jinro/Tomei integrated is appealing at ~18 watts per channel.
My thinking (now that I read what music and level you demand) is somewhat more in line with you now as one day I will move back to Canada and will be in a larger room. As such - I am now more considering the Jinro/Tomei.
LOL - Damn You - I'm going to go audition the Jinro/Tomei again and bring some full tilt music :). Not really Dam You - The Jinro has called to me for 5 years. The 219IA was my poor man's Jinro...The Jinro is a poor man's Ongaku. But since the Jinro is the third closest thing to an Ongaku in existence (second being Tomei) then I'll have to put it back to the top of the list.
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