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VAC Phi integrated or 1 preamp + 1 amplifier

I´m a little bored with so many cables(very expensives)and with two electronics for care, and I have one idea, as I can expend until around $25.000 for electronics,which of the followings solutions is better for you :

1.-Buy a great integrated as can be the VAC or other, not the ASR Emitter, I know it well and for his price money I can buy a lot of betters things.

2.-Buy a great preamplifier as Aestethix Callisto, VTL 7.5 or ARC ref3 with a oly good amplifier as ASL Hurricanes or Rogue Zeus

3.- Buy A medium quality preamp as Calypso, Herron or Modwright with good amp as the CAT JL2 signature, VTL 450; Viola or VAC Phi amps

4.-Boulder series 1000 preamp and amp

5.-Rogue preamp with theirs Zeus monoblocks

6.-VAC preamp with VAC amp

Well as you can see the TRUE question is great integrated or good preamp and amp. Thanks to all.
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tvad
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Just reporting what's published, Ethannnn...

Of course, a speaker's resistance plays a part, too.

My limited experience at home with a Bryston 4B SST, Bryston 14B SST and VAC Phi 110/110 and VS VR4 Gen III HSE speakers (89dB/1 watt/1 meter, 6 ohm nominal load, dipping to 3 ohms @ 20hz) is that the 100wpc VAC drives the VR4s as well as the 600wpc Bryston 14B SST.
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dennis_the_menace
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i think dynamic peaks also play a role. you may be listening to 100db, but when the orchestra hits a forza, it's not just 100db, it's ++ so much more.

i still say 110 watts is plenty, because the VAC power supply can really back those watts up.
tvad
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02-13-06: Dennis_the_menace
i think dynamic peaks also play a role. you may be listening to 100db, but when the orchestra hits a forza, it's not just 100db, it's ++ so much more.
I initially was going to go into this, too, but when I'm talking about 100dB listening levels, a 110dB peak would just about bust my eardrums...and I used to play drums in rock bands, so I know what loud peaks feel like. Certainly, peak level is a factor.

When I determine the decibel level at which I'm listening, I measure it at the peaks. Obviously, some others might figure a mean measurement.
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dennis_the_menace
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i had a VAC 70/70 (65 watts) driving 89db Martin Logans, and I was never able to turn it up enough for the sound to get strained or break up or harsh. It was always pure, open and relaxed no matter what the volume... so 110 VAC watts is goign to be plenty on 89db speakers. One of these days I'm goin to own a Phi amp...
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I think that the Phi integrated never can reach the level obtained with this combo
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