Recommendation on power amp

Gndrbob, the Ayre and Vandy pairing is a good one as Vandy’s tend to be on the warm side where the Kef Blades are a bit more neutral.

The Ayre can work but it depends on system matching, Ayre’s equipment tends to be very neutral, clean and fast but we would not call Ayre’s gear more on the warmer side such as Pass Labs or Krell or other similar sounding gear.

As per Oddfio we stopped selling JL audio because once the company changed managment we were cut off because we has a slow year with them and they want to move to larger more quantity oriented dealers.

In our opinion JL makes an excellent woofer sonically but are being killed by the newer value companies such as SVS and others who are adding more comprehensive room corrrection and setup programs via apps which a lot of clients like.

As per your last insult Oddfio we mentioned that Krell is redoing their website so that is why we are not listed yet on the website.

For proof please check out the email we sent to Krell’s sales manger after living with the Krell K300i Walter liked our email so much he published it.

http://web-extract.constantcontact.com/v1/social_annotation?permalink_uri=2FXckOb&image_url=http...

Any more insults Oddfio?

Theothergreg the Kef Ref 5 are awesome we have both the Kef Blades and the Ref 5 on display, we have the Electrcompaniet AW 400 great amps not as good as the other  brands we mentioned.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ

Thanks everyone for your input .
i have heard the ayre twenty and I like their clean sweet sound. Not aggressive or overpowering with driving bass. But I have not heard them with the blade 2. Stereophile pairs the twenty’s with the blade 2 and John Atkinson’s has nothing bad to say .
i am going to try to listen to krell gear and see how I like them the solo 575 monoblocks. 
i listen to vocal music and
i am more excited by clean, open ,taller,  wider and deeper soundstage and not gut wrenching driving bass with pace . 
Thanks for all the insight the search for the amp upgrade to jc-1 continues 

Newtoncr, the sound of the new Krell products is very organic, non sterile, big soundstage, good dynamics, tight but not overwelming bass.

Sounds like it might be a perfect fit for you, the sound is somewhat like the JC 1 meaning that the amplifiers are warm and full bodied sounding, but witout the veiling and lack of detail that the JC 1 have when compared to a much more expensive and newer designed amplifier.

Like we said before we has the JC 1 and they were very good but lets fact facts they are close to a 20 year design from a company known for producing value oriented gear.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ

newtoncr,

Where are you located?  Read up on Nuforce or Nuprime amps, especially with Bob Smith of TDSS' upgrades to them--factory authorized by the way.  I've taken mine to 5 different friend's systems and the result was the same in all.  It was the best each had hear their system by a good margin.  I happen to have the Nuforce Ref 9 V3 SE monos w/ TDSS level 3 upgrades.  They are phenomenal and carry the Nuforce house sound with a touch of warmth, but with the TDSS upgrades, it's like they are on steroids--everything is better and now more reliable too.  You could hear mine if you are in the Chicago area or will visit soon.

Bob

I highly recommend McIntosh amps and it fits your budget well.