Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ?

@georgehifi 

I'm quite pleased with my Pass gear. I have no calling on driving a .9 ohm load and I suspect neither do most folks. Mosfet mist? a term i've not heard in eons, yet in any event, I don't have any mosfet mist- 

However, Pass certainly isn't for everyone and all I can say Pass amps are among the better amps around (and not mid-fi as has been recently suggested by a frequent youtube creator). 

My iPhone amp paired with my YouTube pre-amp is the best combo / sound I’ve ever heard!  So glad I found this thread.

Has anyone ever thought about building your gear around the actual (type) music you listen to? Just food for thought...Rob

You’re listening to it over YouTube, what did you think of it soundstage?

@doctorrob77 

Absolutely, a system should be built around the type of music one listens to.  Think about those "brute strength" demos that really high end hifi stores often do for their customers....I'm thinking $500k variety systems!  The music they typically use has techno roots, driven almost entirely by synthesized sounds and samples with an over abundance of deep very tight bass.  DOES ANYBODY actually listen to such tracks in their home systems?

Listen to "Make Us Stronger" by Ghost Rider (at 115db !!!)....are these hifi stores serious?

I like the old 300 and 600 FPB amp Krell. Dan Agostinos amp are connected to Wilson speakers on the ground floor at Axpona 2024 by Quintessence Audio Iam very impressed by the music coming out. They were playing Gary Karr album.

inna

Better- Yes. More sublime- No.

Happy Listening!

A fan of SST Son of Ampzilla ii here !!

I've heard Bricasti amps at dealers and Axpona....world class!

I picked my second system integrated amp and speakers using YouTube. If I wasn't happy, I could have returned them, but I was happy and kept them. of course, the recording has to be very good, and my computer speaker setup is good (neutral sounding ). A bad recording is useless. It helped me get an idea of the basic qualities of the equipment. I had to listen to many demo's to find the good ones to use that sounded similar. It wasn't easy, it took a lot of time. When I set the system up, it sounded like those similar sounding demos I used. Call me crazy or lucky, but that's what happened.

When I called Upscale Audio to add another component to the system, they asked me what speakers and amp I was using. When I told them, they said my amp and speakers were a perfect match. I didn't call them before I bought the amp and speakers though.

A bad recording is useless.

I agree to that. My problem is all recordings in the world sound distorted and noisy. I have no choice and must listen these noisy recordings. Too bad. I must wait there is cleaner sound recordings soon. Is it only me? Alex/WTA

Listen to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW2oifRtdm4

I can't believe this is still on the site...after all these years....lol

The current darlings of the well-healed audio cognoscenti are (in no particular order) : CH Precision, JMF Audio, and Solution.  Jonathan Valin ,Robert Harley and many other notable audio enthusiasts run this stuff. 

D'Agostino are good.  So is Luxman. 

Vandersteen's amps beats them both.  Yes, they make amps.

this thread is resurrected after 2 years - doubtful OP still follows......

But some of us do.