Some of you guys miss the pont of our posts which is to counter some of the ridiculous statements that people make. There is no best of anything at any price point, there are Vandy fans, Wilson fans, Magico, Rahido, Rockport fans which is the best of this list?
It is like comparing a BMW, vs an Audi, Mercedes, a Cadilliac, a Lexus, Infinit? All great but different cars.
We sell a very large number of audio products we actively display over 60 brands of audio products, and for us to say that brand x y or z is the best is ridiculous sure we have our personal favorites but these will change depending on what our clients are looking to accomplish.
There are many outstanding audio products that are all superb, what matters is system synergy, voicing, feature set to some degree styling, pride of ownership, resale and serviceablity.
We mention our T+A gear because it is a direct competitor to Gryphon and it is one of the best sounding products at the uber intergrated class which includes Gryphon, Dagastino, Vitus, Ch Precision, Thrax, Ypsion and some others.
Which one someone prefers will depend on the voicing of the product and the match with the person’s other components.
These are all world class components whose designs and execuation represent the best of the best, however you may be also pleased with some of the newer less expensive products from companies like Coda and Krell also companies like T+A have the reference class HV 3100 integrated at $23k with the lower R series intergrated at $12,500 having less power but still sounding fantastic.
We just put out a Krell Dac/preamp and the matching X300 amplifier and the Krell gear is scary good for the money is it as good as the T+A not quite but for $18k for a dac a preamp and a 300 watt amplifer it is a pretty good deal and the sound quality is really, really special.
The point is there are a ton of options that are worth exploring and this includes gear we sell and of course gear we don’t.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ dealers for T+A, Krell