Plinius or YBA?

Here are some other views/thoughts:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1047552673&read&keyw&zzyba

Buy them both - each one has characteristics which are compelling. Then sell one of them, then sell the other and buy something else and start the madness ALL over again. Ain't it fun!

I own the Plinius 8200 MKII integrated and I really like it however I feel it is slightly warm in character and so are the AZ cables as the Jupiter may well be, so you may want to consider if it would be too warm for your tastes.

I do not want to downplay this amp at all as it is quite good.

8200 II matches up well with Totem Forests. I wouldn't condider this combo warm sounding at all. AQ Sterlings were noticeably better than the AZ Hologram. So match either amp up well and you'll have a winner. ICs are AQ Diamond(silver) - this combo works really well.

I am currently listening to a Passion Integre at home with a YBA CD1 Delta and I am comparing it to a YBA1 PRE 1 alpha "that I own" and a YBA HC Delta 1 amp.

Both have diffent sound qualities and that is subjective to your personal flavours.. I am on the fence .. But the Passion is suberbe for a price/quality performance ratio.

if you are interested you can read my quick comparison of both in another thread i started before purchasing my CD1 Delta.

Good luck with your purchase...

If you purchase the Passion Integre watch out to not short the speaker cables you will fry the transistor ouputs...

cheers.