Need recommendation for amplifier

Tim,

I have canceled the Odyssey for now. May consider looking into the Belles Aria amp on Audiogram that Schubert referred to.  Problem is, it’s over ten years old.
What do you think?

Richard

Ironically, the Dragon is arriving tomorrow.

They didn’t contact me until just now due to a death in the family.

Crazy Business!

Hi rvpiano,

     If the Red Dragon M-500 mono-blocks are arriving tomorrow, I suggest you just try them out in your system.  I think you're in for a very pleasant surprise.  You've got 45 days to try them out and there's virtually no risk.  
     I thought you cancelled the Red Dragon order.
     Both the Belles and Odyssey are good amps but my opinion is M-500 are a cut above both.
     I think I may be getting spoiled with my class D amps.  I've had them on 24/7 for over 3 yrs now.  I use them every day, I've had no problems and they still sound great for ht and music.  
     I'm curious to hear what you think of the Red Dragons.  
     Are you planning on trying them out?

Later,
 Tim

From the guys I’ve known people who play rock like class D more than people who play classical .

Aria? I saw a 350 and a 150A .
FWIW, I am running a 150A Reference MkII , new was $2600 bucks .
It’s7 years old and I got it for 1300$ as a 2 hr drive deal .
Good as new and sounds great and will for another 10 years at least .
I have a 30 year old plain 150 in my bedroom system that was recapped
and hard wired with a $500 buck AudioArt power cord done by AudioArt himself, one of the most honest guys in Audio , as a project that will be good for 15-20 years. Paid 400 bucks ,sounds great . If you lived around Twin Cities I’d let you use for a few months , you might be surprised .

I’m not rich or poor either .Just a retired old soldier and history teacher . I have a very good sounding system built on
the pay no more then half as much as new system . One exception was Eastern Electric Avant 8 tube pre, a true giant,killer and a few TT’s .
. Reason , only 50 were allocated for USA , $2000 .

Evidently Red Dragon dispatched the amps as soon as I put the order in but didn’t inform me because they had a death in the family.  So, fortuitously, when I wrote them that I changed my mind and told them I wanted them, they emailed me to say they had already been sent.
Interestingly, Klaus from Odyssey is giving me a hard time about canceling his amp, even though I canceled only hours after I bought it.
I’m definitely trying out the Red Dragons.  Hopefully, they’ll sound at least as good as my NuForce and I’ll keep them.  I really don’t like playing musical chairs with equipment.