On look out for a better stereo integrated amp

[Nikhili]

You are welcome.

 

[dan dan]

My nad c 352 was sold today ,thanks to the fellow fm s who showed interest

 

[Naturelover]

If you travel to Bangalore, do check up on Acoustic Portrait. The Swara amp would possibly meet your requirements. Unfortunately, it's not on their website, acousticportrait.com.

 

[dan dan]

Yes i will definitely look it up
Hws the swara sound like ,if it has been auditioned

 

[SanjeevM]

If you go the DIY way,

a 150+ watts per channel stereo power amp using the Texas Instruments TPA3251 evaluation board which gives fantastic sound, will cost you around 20K !!

 

[reubensm]

This may sound a bit dumb when compared to the suggestions above but have you listened to the NAD C370? I once got to experience one of these and found it really good. Kind of a more powerful version of the NAD C320. And luckily there's one available on the forum as well. Maybe you'd like to audition it?

 

[dan dan]

If you go the DIY way,

a 150+ watts per channel stereo power amp using the Texas Instruments TPA3251 evaluation board which gives fantastic sound, will cost you around 20K !!

Never actually thought of something like that,

 

[dan dan]

This may sound a bit dumb when compared to the suggestions above but have you listened to the NAD C370? I once got to experience one of these and found it really good. Kind of a more powerful version of the NAD C320. And luckily there's one available on the forum as well. Maybe you'd like to audition it?

Was driving the epos with nad for sometime now, feel i need something with much more control over the drivers than the nad, so i would try not to go that route again
Was looking at a vincent amp,
Any impressions of that amp ?

 

[dan dan]

And i sold my speakers!last week
Should be getting new ones this month

 

[reubensm]

which NAD did you use?

 

[SanjeevM]

If y

Never actually thought of something like that,

If you decide to follow this path, there are many in the DIY forum who can help you.

 

[reubensm]

Was driving the epos with nad for sometime now, feel i need something with much more control over the drivers than the nad, so i would try not to go that route again
Was looking at a vincent amp,
Any impressions of that amp ?

no experience with Vincent

 

[dan dan]

which NAD did you use?

Nad c 352

 

[vkirti]

Was driving the epos with nad for sometime now, feel i need something with much more control over the drivers than the nad, so i would try not to go that route again
Was looking at a vincent amp,
Any impressions of that amp ?

Had done a few hour demo of the Vincent audio CDP along with their integrated amplifier and mono blocks ( Don't remember the exact models). The speakers were Sonus Faber's FS's (again don't remember the model). The cables were also all Vincent. The entire system sounded clean ,detailed and powerful. All the gear was brand new so am not sure if it was properly broken in / run in. It sounded much better than a lot of big name brands that I have heard. The demo was at Trinity sound and Vision in Kirti Nagar, Delhi.

 

[dan dan]

Had done a few hour demo of the Vincent audio CDP along with their integrated amplifier and mono blocks ( Don't remember the exact models). The speakers were Sonus Faber's FS's (again don't remember the model). The cables were also all Vincent. The entire system sounded clean ,detailed and powerful. All the gear was brand new so am not sure if it was properly broken in / run in. It sounded much better than a lot of big name brands that I have heard. The demo was at Trinity sound and Vision in Kirti Nagar, Delhi.

Thaankyou so much, first listening experience from a fellow fm

 

[vkirti]

Thaankyou so much, first listening experience from a fellow fm

No need for thanks, should have done a proper report on the audition but am just too lazy. IMO vincent audio is worth a look especially if the price works out.

 

[asliarun]

I highly recommending first listening to an amp on the other side of the spectrum - a high current power amp with high power ratings and where the power output nearly doubles for 4ohm loads. That i feel will give you a baseline in terms of what "sufficient power" will give you in terms of speaker performance. Then you can benchmark other integrateds against this baseline. Or of course, you might end up with a preamp+poweramp combo because it sounds so much better

 

[dan dan]

The atc scm 19 s just received.they look two sizes bigger than the epos
and much heavier.

 

[dan dan]

Please a few amp suggestions
for the atc to be paired with

 

[mpw]

Atc sia150