Best amp for natural timbre of unamplified acoustic instruments & vocals w/ Revel F32?
Because these are ceramic and titanium they can sound hard, thin and sterile. But they need solid state probably because they are inefficient and for bass control. I like tubes but what are your experiences?
The speakers had a brand new, just installed titanium tweeter. They are sounding much better. I think alot of the dry harshness that I was hearing was the tweeter not being broken in.
For those speakers I would look towards a good quality newer Class D or Class D hybrid type amp.
Something along the line of the Rogue Pharoah or Peachtree's new Nova 300 (integrated amps) or Bel Canto ref600.
I have used older Bel Canto ref1000m amps with speakers having similar challenges for a number of years and remain satisified with those. A pair of these used would certainly do the job for nominal cost.
These amps will do a good technical job of bringing out the best in your speakers. If that still does not float your boat, then I would look to change speakers perhaps.
if your like me and are always buying used gear off craigslist i would have more than one amp , dac on hand for evaluations . Notice no preamp . 7 out of ten times the preamp is the root of what the op describes in my experience . Now a passive volume control has 100% worked with a dozen amps , dacs , speakers .What works with setup A might not work when a new variable is introduced .
I have thought of Class D Bel Canto, Channel Island or other. I might add also that I have switched around IC and speaker cables that I have and there is an improvement.
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