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Plinius or YBA?

I have the opportunity to buy either a Plinius 8200MKII or a YBA Passion Integre integrated amplifier used for approximately the same money. Both units are in great shape as I know the owner and he is getting out of high end equipment. My other equipment is a Rega Jupiter CDP, Vienna Acoustic Beethoven speakers and Acoustic Zen cables. Obviously my question is which amp to go with. I have heard many great things about both the Plinius and the YBA. I haven't found a thread that directly compares the two. What do you folks think? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
crega
redkiwi
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I agree with the suggestions above that the combination of Jupiter and Plinius is unlikely to have enough bite.
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elberoth2
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I heard them both. Both are little great amps. Plinius may be a little bit to warm souunding for some. Integre is far more transparent. Loved both.
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warrenh
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Well Crega, what did you get?
crega OP
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My stereo system is in flux to say the least. The Vienna's have been replaced by a pair of Dynaudio 1.3 MKII's with a REL sub on the way. The Jupiter and the AZ cables remain. I had a Plinius 9100 for several months but was not pleased with the bass and mid-range. The 9100 had been replaced by a Luxman R-117 receiver until the funds for the Plinius 9200 are available (can you say tax time). Thanks for asking Warren.
ybalover
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Hello and H E L P ! ! !
I got hold of a YBA 1 alpha pre but I don't know whether it works or not. This is because I don't have the special power supply that YBA manufactures for their YBA 1 series. I would very much like to buy one (they are quite expensive) but first I want to know whether my YBA 1 Pre still works.
What I need is the voltages at the connector between the powersupply and the pre amplifier. Given this it's easy for me to manufacture my own temporairy power supply to test my YBA 1 before I order the original replacement supply.
If just one of you YBA master guys could help me out here that would be just SUPERB! It only needs to take a multimeter to your YBA 1 power supply and plug it the cables.
Thanks alot for your attention.
Michael
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