Going back to the Reference 8, there have been more than two upgrades to NuForce amps. Perhaps two upgrades is true for the Reference 9 series.
In any case, it's water under the bridge.
I demoed the Ref 9V2 SE. Thought they were good, but not the best match for my speakers, and I moved on. I wish the amps doubled output as impedance is halved, but they don't. NuForce seems to have gotten the amplifiers dialed in pretty well, and they certainly slowed down the upgrades which is a plus.
I'm still of the opinion that sending out a preamp with an outdated board for a customer demo is pretty boneheaded.
I've been trying to think of preamp options that have HT bypass and balanced operation for under $2k, and the choices seem slim.
Audio Horizons might be willing to build one of their TP2.1 preamps with a HT Bypass if you asked them. I once demoed a TP2.1 with a tape loop that Joseph installed at my request (although I had to sacrifice an output).
In any case, it's water under the bridge.
I demoed the Ref 9V2 SE. Thought they were good, but not the best match for my speakers, and I moved on. I wish the amps doubled output as impedance is halved, but they don't. NuForce seems to have gotten the amplifiers dialed in pretty well, and they certainly slowed down the upgrades which is a plus.
I'm still of the opinion that sending out a preamp with an outdated board for a customer demo is pretty boneheaded.
I've been trying to think of preamp options that have HT bypass and balanced operation for under $2k, and the choices seem slim.
Audio Horizons might be willing to build one of their TP2.1 preamps with a HT Bypass if you asked them. I once demoed a TP2.1 with a tape loop that Joseph installed at my request (although I had to sacrifice an output).