DeHavilland UltraVerve or Shindo Aurieges?

I believe the guideline is that the impedance of the amp should be at least 10X the pre, so at 45k its on the borderline.... I believe that my Bedini amp is about 45K Ohms, and it does work with my Aurieges but YMMV. Maybe one of the experts can chime in....

However, if you match with a tube amp, like what Jonathan said impedance matching is less of a concern.

I use a DeHavilland Mercury II with my NuForce 9 SE V2 amps, and the combination is stunning. There's one for sale right now for $1995 on Audiogon.

Old thread, but I'd love to hear some new responses.

I just sold an Aurieges-L (dumbly) and now have an amp that would be compatible with its 5k ohm output impedance. (Decware Torii 3)

How would the dehavilland fair?

Have you tried the Decware preamp? Proabably a pretty good pairing.

Hi Gopher, as I may have mentioned to you.I had an Augieges- L.

The Shindo replaced my deHavilland Ultra-Verve.
I'm a big fan of deHavilland and love Kara's 845 amps but I found the Shindo pre to be superior in my system at the time.

As for the dehavilland Mercury that was mentioned in Yoby's post.I have not heard it but friends and one dealer that went to RMAF suggested that I look into obtaining one.
They thought it was really good.

How is your new additions sounding ??