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Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland

What would it be? Transistor or Hybrid. This is a general discussion.
I heard that Gryphon and Ypsilon qualify but I didn't audition either. Lamm hybrid does too, I believe.
inna
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soundsrealaudio
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I prefer the idea of using a tube preamplifier and solid state amplifier or mono blocks. Each of those represent the " real deal " .

larryi
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Inna,

What do you mean by youtube auditioning?  I hope you don't seriously mean that you have attempted to discern what stuff sounds like by the audio portion of a youtube posting.  At best, youtube tells you something about what the gear looks like and nothing more.

I would never do a review of restaurants by licking their menu, even if that probably tells me more about the food than youtube can tell you about the sound of gear.

ricred1
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larryi,
I guess there are some people that think like me.
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vvvinashhh
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Burmester
Soulution
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Esoteric
Boulder
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YBA
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hddg
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As we go with a long list of prestigious amp names, i would like to add Hegel, Octave, Lampizator, Audio Tekne, and Triode Corporation...
But i guess the Boulder 3050 is the actual absolute reference around, and second i would go Gryphon Mephisto Solo. Tube wise, yet with power, it would be Coincident Dragon MkII (I would love to see another improved version, I am sure they can be built much better). They match the pricier Wavacs, Audionote, Viva and Absolare, for a fraction of the price. Low power tubes: Coincident Frankenstein MkII and Wavac EC300B are unbeatable so far. This is all just my point of view, not an absolute affirmation.
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