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Dearly departed Music Reference RM9

My Music Reference RM9 is down and beyond repair. I'm devestated as it has been the heart of my system through so many changes. My system is- Lexicon RT 20/ Cal Audio Alpa- VPI Scout Master/ Soundsmith Carmen- Jadis DPL- RM9- Dynaudio C1 model 2's, all high end cardas cable. Any suggestions from those that know? The RM9  had really sweet mids and while a tube amp, never sounded overly soft like many I've heard. Thanks for your help, fellow fanatics/ addicts.
fearsnears
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samac
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fearsnears,

You might want to check out class-D offerings from the likes of NuPrime, Merrill Audio, or Wyred 4 Sound. Class-D generally gives you more watts per dollar. 

I recently purchased a NuPrime IDA-16 200 watt dac/amp integrated and have been extremely pleased with it.

Good luck on your search.

Cheers,

Scott
fearsnears OP
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Hi Scott, yes I will be looking into class D amps. I see theres a recent thread here in them. Thanks again, Robert

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chazro
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I'm also an owner or an RM9.  I'm curious, when you say it's 'beyond repair', what happened!?  Depending on the extant of the necessary repairs, my 1st step if my RM9 were to fail would be to call Roger Modjeski at Ram Labs to find out about getting it repaired!
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pdreher
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Roger (Music Reference) just repaired, refurbished and re-tubed my RM9 and it sounds great.   
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lou_setriodes
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Along the same vintage as the RM-9, the Berning EA-2100 supposed to be an incredible sounding amp and the tubes are very conservatively run as well.  I remember reading a review of this amp in TAS or Absolute Sound back in the day, very neutral, quiet, and transparent sounding.  I've seen them pop up from time to time.  
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