Hi,
I am very keen to buy a Pass amp for my Goldenear Triton 1 speakers,i did have a Hegel H360 which was a good amp for the price,but i found it somewhat sterile and a little to clinical and no warmth,
I would appreciate any suggestions on Pass amps that would be a good fit for my speakers,i have been to my local dealer in Lisbon Portugal,unfortunately he only has 2 models and does not do auditions at home,bearing in mind that the Triton speakers have built in power for the subs,i was thinking of the following
XA30.8
XA60.8
X150.8
INT-30A
INT-60
INT-150
I would appreciate any advice,and merits downfalls of these amps and of course i do realise that with sound everything is subjective,i presently use a Marantz receiver for surround sound processing and using the main L and R pre-outs for my triton speakers,with the Hegel amp that i had i used the home cinema pass through which is of course is very useful for the correct sound level,i stream from a MAC Mini using Tidal master via a Meridien Explorer2 MQA dac (which of course will need upgrading to something more suitable in the near future),my musical tastes are mainly from the 70s/80s including Heavy Rock/Metal,Progressive Rock,Pop,Reggae and Electronic such as Kraftwerk,Yello,tangerine Dream etc, and most of the time at easy listening levels,but sometimes i like to crank up the volume,my room is 25m/275',i am more drawn to a nice analogue/tube sounding amp,
thank you in advance for any suggestions
Regards
Glenn Power
I am very keen to buy a Pass amp for my Goldenear Triton 1 speakers,i did have a Hegel H360 which was a good amp for the price,but i found it somewhat sterile and a little to clinical and no warmth,
I would appreciate any suggestions on Pass amps that would be a good fit for my speakers,i have been to my local dealer in Lisbon Portugal,unfortunately he only has 2 models and does not do auditions at home,bearing in mind that the Triton speakers have built in power for the subs,i was thinking of the following
XA30.8
XA60.8
X150.8
INT-30A
INT-60
INT-150
I would appreciate any advice,and merits downfalls of these amps and of course i do realise that with sound everything is subjective,i presently use a Marantz receiver for surround sound processing and using the main L and R pre-outs for my triton speakers,with the Hegel amp that i had i used the home cinema pass through which is of course is very useful for the correct sound level,i stream from a MAC Mini using Tidal master via a Meridien Explorer2 MQA dac (which of course will need upgrading to something more suitable in the near future),my musical tastes are mainly from the 70s/80s including Heavy Rock/Metal,Progressive Rock,Pop,Reggae and Electronic such as Kraftwerk,Yello,tangerine Dream etc, and most of the time at easy listening levels,but sometimes i like to crank up the volume,my room is 25m/275',i am more drawn to a nice analogue/tube sounding amp,
thank you in advance for any suggestions
Regards
Glenn Power