FWIW you have a pretty excellent amp already I suspect it's going to be tough to better it for under $3K with phono even used. What about your sound are you trying to change? Perhaps invest the money in a better outboard phono stage to pair with your Accuphase? Or go the same route with the Dac? It might make a lot more sense and give you a bigger improvement than just starting over.
Integrated Amps with Phono for $3000 or less (or separate phono and Integrated)
For years I have enjoyed a wonderful sounding Accuphase E 307 integrated Amp containing both an analog disc input board and a digital input board (DAC).With some much new equipment available I have decided to explore changing it. Was wondering if there were any suggestions out there worthy of considering. I have a modest room in size 17' x 20'. Other equipment include a Linn turntable with a Rega Exacta 2 cartridge, Marantz 5004 CD player, Kef Q500 speakers, Grado headphones, Ps Audio power cables, Kimber speaker cables and Interconnects. In my computer system music is stored on a separate hard drive in AIFF files and played back using Itunes airplay. Any suggestions.
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joscow I can understand craving tubes I run all tubes myself. If that's the case a few ideas from the listings: This looks nice and does have a phono stage: https://www.audiogon.com/listings/tube-vpi-299d-2017-03-11-integrateds-11209-brooklyn-ny No phono here but a gorgeous well reviewed amp https://www.audiogon.com/listings/tube-unison-research-s6-tube-integrated-amplifier-mint-customer-tr... This also has great reviews and is in your price range no phono: https://www.audiogon.com/listings/tube-octave-audio-v40se-with-black-box-power-supply-2017-03-16-int... |
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