McCormack DNA-500

no mccormick is harsh...no worries

Interesting and thank you for your responses. The reason for my worries is that I tried a Conrad-Johnson Premier 350 (I currently own a CJ MF2500)and I found the upper frequencies to be fatiguing.

I would be surprised if the McCormack is appreciably different than the CJ350 in the highs.

Perhaps you need to address some other issue in your system.

Otherwise, I would recommend buying a used DNA-500, so it can be resold if necessary without a significant loss.

I'm not sure I would call the DNA 500 warm sounding but
its not cold or clinical sounding either. I really enjoyed
mine. It had great control and still sounded musical. I
found the 500 to be very responsive to power cords. Every
cord I tried made a difference. My personal favorite was
a PAD Dominus.

Good luck

If you find the Conrad Johnson fatiguing you got problems. That is the finest solid state amp on the planet. The Conrad 350 is a much better amp than the Mccormack DNA-500. Good Luck....