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Not Another NuForce thread......

Ok, first I am not shill or related to, or affiliated with NuForce in any way...I just thought that we should have a thread to discuss the V2...

I just placed the Reference 9 SE "V2" in my system after living with the NuForce 9 SE for the past year and auditioning the Reference 9 V2 for the past 2 months...

I am putting out there for comment and debate that the Reference 9 SE V2 is one of the top 5 best amplifiers out there and currently available. (I personally think that it one of the top 3, but I am leaving room for argument)

Sitting in my room last night I was reminded of one of those transforming audio experiences. My first ones was couple of hours with the Sinus Faber Amati Homage pushed with a full compliment of the top of the line ML gear all with in a perfectly treated room....My experience with the Reference 9 SE V2 was like that...

Please comment if you are able on the V2 in general, what was your experience?? Are your thought of the Reference 9 SE V2 the same??
jb8312
stltrains
845 posts
 
Jp1208, I don't turn anything off in my system other than my vpi sds.
If you have not given nufore gear a try, one dollar will give you a month of at home audition of said gear.
jim_swantko
301 posts
 
I have to say that the Ref 9 SE V2's certainly live up to the hype in my system. Well done NuForce.
artmaltman
769 posts
 
I recently left my V2 integrated on for 72 hours straight, driving Thiel 1.6's for breakin (3 ohm min), and found that there was a little residual RFI interference on cheap FM tuners by the end of that period. Perhaps the long time and heat build-up changes component spec just a bit. My high quality Denon FM tuner is not affected at all but $30 clock radio had a hint more static at that point, which disappeared when I turned the integrated off.

However when I first turn the V2 unit on, there is no static even on the cheap FM radios (unlike with the V1, where the cheap FM radios were unlistenable immediately upon turn-on of the NuForce).

This is my long way of saying that I've decided to NOT leave my NuForce integrated turned on 24/7. Usually with solid state, I do leave it on 24/7 unless it has a high bias to class A.

Art
phaelon
1,052 posts
 
Hi,
Would it be a waste to use these amps in an application that doesn't require high power or are they that good regardless? The reason I'm asking is that I think my JM Lab Mini Utopias could be better controlled than they are by my cj Premier 11a. I also have a cj Premier 17LS and I guess what I'm looking for is a way to better utilize the speed/articulation potential of the Utopias without sacrificing the naturalness/beauty of the cjs.

I posted this question on another thread but in retrospect realize it might have been inappropriate (sorry Samuel) so I thought I'd try again here; or perhaps it's just a dumb question. Any thoughts?
jb8312 OP
247 posts
 
Jeez.....I go on vacation for 10 days and my thread jumps from 70 posts to 160!!!

I still love the Nuforce Ref 9 SE V2...However, I lent the Ref 9 V2 to another review who used a Krell FBI Integrated as his "pre" and he thought it sounded thin.........Krell.
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