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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
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.
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
Apologies JB, your use of 'it' is ambiguous. Did the NuForce sound thin, or did the Krell instead?
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