I personally owned many brand listed above and since moved on from Soulution 701 and D’Agostino S250/AR Reference 10 to Absolare Signature Integrated, I could not be happier. This is the kind of sound that I have been searching for all my life. It brings tears to my eyes for every listening...
If you are looking for another integrated amplifier, I strongly recommended the Absolare Signature Integrated as I have owned both the Vitus SIA25 MKII as well as the D’Agostino and the Absolare won hands down with more emotional musical involvement...it got power, 3D holographic imaging, and...
Hi CCKeung,
Have you got a chance to audition the Luxman D-10X? How would you think this CD player performance in comparison to the Totaldac Seven or Direct?
I had owned the Vitus SIA025 MK2 years ago (not enough power in Class A) such good amp and also many other high end integrated in between (Gryphon 300, T+A 3100, D’Agostino Momentum) but the last component from Absolare seems to be the King of the hill in my system. IMHO the Signature...
I have owned both T+A PA3100 and Gryphon Diablo 300 as well as D’Agostino Momentum Amp which was replaced all previous amps with the Absolare Integrated Signature without any regrets...in fact it was a musical revelation for this little integrated amplifier to deliver performance that...
I strongly recommend Audio Research Reference 10 pre with the Gryphon amp which will be a great match and for the value (previously owned units) there hardly any preamps under $40K could challenge the Ref 10 in term of musical quality...maybe if you could find a Nagra HD Pre for under $30K used...
IMHO even the D’Agostino Momentum S250 will easily outperform the pair of Luxman M900U amps, it is simply more musical with more transparency while providing the ultimate controlled of the speakers (truly the best of both worlds tube combined with solid state design). The only other amplifier I...