@oddiofyl does sound a bit towards insanity. When I ordered my amp I was told by Decware it was about a 1 year wait. Thought that’s not too bad I can wait. Well it took over 2 years but I don’t regret it one bit. Fantastic sounding amp to me. Canceling and losing the deposit on the amp made no sense knowing after it arrives if I am not happy I can easily sell it for the price I paid. No risk purchase in my mind. Would I buy another Decware product? No way with that ambiguous 4 year wait. Majority of their orders are the low cost 2 watt amps which require low deposits. I think they should separate their products production and have wait times by model/model grouping. Allow the more expensive amps to be produced independent of the entry level amps. But….not my circus.
Decware Sarah 300B Amp?
Fellow Audio Fanatics -
For the record, I’m set with my current two systems. I’ve got one push-pull tube system in my living room and a class a solid state system in my office. They’ve taken a few years to build. Overall, I’m happy and plan to live with them for a long time…
That said, a long time doesn’t mean “forever.”
Which brings me to the Decware Sarah 300B amp I’ve been reading about and listening to audio snippets on. As I’ve made my way through this audio journey, I’m sensing my end-state might be moving towards the direction of an amp like the Decware 300B. From what I gather, it seems to deliver a lush and immersive presentation that feels like it could easily replace my solid state system and give me more enjoyment as I paddle towards retirement.
Has anyone heard this amp? Or provide a point of view on Decware amps in general?
I’m thinking of putting myself on the list, forgetting about it for the three+ years it will take to get one, and purchasing it when it’s available in 2027 (I can’t believe we are so far into this century already). Of course I’d need to get a different pair of speakers, which isn’t that of big deal to me financially. I’d probably sell off my current office system and bring in the Decware 300B and perhaps some Zu speakers.
I welcome your feedback and impressions on Decware!
For reference, my systems are below:
Main - in the living room
- Innuos Zenith
- Merason Dac1
- Linear Tube Audio Microzotl preamp
- Switch between Audio Hungary P200 tube amp with KT150 tubes
- And Conrad Johnson classic 120 with EL34 tubes
- Puritan 156
- Cables: mix of Cardas Clear, LessLoss, Kimber Kable Palladian PK10 / Speaker Cables - Cardas
- Speakers: QLN Prestige 3 / Dynaudio Heritage Specials
Office - smaller room
- Luxman 590axii
- Buchardt S400 mkii
- Goldnote Streamer
- Lessloss cables
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Good for background music, about it. Flea watt amp. I’ll take my bridged 300 watt per channel amps,continuous, with monster reserve power over a flea watt amp any day of the week. Recently did a little experiment using two Nad c268’s bridged, driving my tannoy eatons. I used a music hall tubed headphone amp as my preamp as it’s equipped with pre-outs. I connected it to the amps. All I can say is I’m still picking my jaw up from the floor. Just a relatively cheap experiment with astonishingly good results. Talk about pressurizing a room, wow. And this was just playing a few cassette tapes! One in particular, a mazzy star so now that I may see test pressing cassette/promo. It sounded like reel to reel. Played on a cheap 1980’s Toshiba metal tape deck. Even when playing a classical music piece with timpani on my magnum dynalab tuner through this set up, at low volume mind you, you could feel the hits. Just crazy. Speakers 89 dB, power chords, 3 wireworld Electra, interconnects atlas element rca and mezza xlr. Audioquest Niagara 1200 conditioner and furman pst-8. AQ Edison receptacle and dedicated 20 amp circuit. Room 14×16 appx. Opens to another area of same room, no left wall, no room treatments with mix of soft and hard furnishings, wall to wall carpet, cement floors and walls, some walls interior with studs and drywall. I typically use far more expensive equipment such as accuphase and sugden etc, but these cheap class d Nad’s in bridged mode driven by a tubed preamp ( a headphone amp to boot!) are something to behold. All just my own opinion, but I know what I heard. I figured what the heck, if it does not work out I'll just return the amps, no biggie. However, they are not going back!. |
@bluethinker Why do you want an SET? There are Push-pull class A amps that are just as musical and involving, if not more so. Almost any of them would have wider bandwidth at either end of the spectrum. |
@atmasphere Budget would be a concern for me….Any PP in the $4000-$5000 price range similar to Sarah? |
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