Anyone have experience comparing high powered solid state amps? What's best in driving inefficient speaker's such as mbl's etc...
McIntosh 1201's Simaudio Moon Rocks Pass Labs X600 or X1000's Classe Omega's Any other's?......
other than mbl amps.
What's most important to me is dynamics, resolution and lack of grain especially at the treble region. I listen to jazz, vocals, acoustic music most of the time.
Are you talking to me, or any of the above? I don't mind.
My speakers are the infamous, but fabulous, 1 ohm Apogee Scintilla. I like nonupsampling, and have a PSA Lambda transport feeding a highly enhanced Audio Note DAC. The preamp is a one of a kind class A, housed in two chassis.
Jeff Rowland 201 or 501 mono blocks fit your criteria. Due to there small size they could easily be positioned behind your speakers if you prefer long ICs and short speaker cables. If not they look very attractive and run extremely effeciently using ICE power supply technology.
Levinson, McIntosh, Moon?, Bel Canto's monoblocked, Classe mono's, Theta?, Bryston 14sst, Jeff Rowland?, Edge?, Halcro's !!
Krell and Pass can be revealing and/or "cold". Use caution. Halcro's could be the ticket, but $$ and pretty neutral.
As always you can sway the sound of your amps with the right cables (copper for smoothness, silver for clarity or coldness,) and the PREamp. Try a tubed preamp with a ss amp. Might be great.
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