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Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy?

I'm trying to find a new amplifier to replace a Musical Fidelity A3CR. There are lots of candidates: Rowland 501s, Pass Labs 350.5, Levinson 431/432, H2O, etc. What are people using and what has been a good sonic investment? I'm currently driving B&W N803s, so it's a pretty normal load. My MF amp does not offer enough punch or bass control. It flattens out at higher volumes. I'll spend what it takes, new or used. Less than $8K would be nice. All comments welcome.
Peter
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snowball
48 posts
 
Step into the future...how about a 1000-watt ICE module digital amp? See JJAZ preview and H2O Audio reviews on 6moons.com. He says they're terrific....
guidocorona
4,114 posts
 
I never heard of a 1000W per channel H2O power amp. Is there a new model I do not know about?
muralman1
1,527 posts
 
No, not 1000 watts, but they will drive anything to any volume.

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/h2o/m250.html
kana813
956 posts
 
A bit over your budget, but take a look at the new Boz 216/2200 amplifier(tactaudio.com). It will give you the control you're looking for, and adding another 2200 in the future will allow you to biamp your speakers.
sorlowski
231 posts
 
I like my Clayton M100,
I used to have:
MF A300 (nothing special),
Electrocompaniet ECI 2 (with ProAc's it was outstanding combo in its price)
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