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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
phaelon
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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?
jim_swantko
301 posts
 
In my experience - the Nuforce is anything but thin...
jb8312 OP
247 posts
 
Dunno....it was his guick interpretation that the presentation was "thin"....I suspect it was the Krell.

I agree - Nuforce does not sound thin in my set up.
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