You will be happy with the Ayre and their service and support is great. I own an K-5xe driving a Proceed HPA-2 amp (which was sold by Madrigal, which at the time owned Levinson, and is basically a Levinson design - 250w/ch at 8 ohms). The two match well. I went with the Ayre for the same reason - cost. Have no experience with the Rowland products. Good luck.
I need your suggestion for a Preamp.
I would like to get a preamp, and I have an opp to get an Ayre K5XE MP, Jeff Rowland Capri or a Mark Levinson 380S.
The power amp is a Levinson 431, driving a pair of B&W Matrix 801 S3. I am using a Levinson 390S CD processor to drive 431, the sound is not too bad, but I need a couple of more inputs as I intend to use a TT and add a blu ray player as well.
The Levinson 380s is much more money, out of the all three.
Looking forward to some experts advises and suggestions/recommendation.
Cheers
The power amp is a Levinson 431, driving a pair of B&W Matrix 801 S3. I am using a Levinson 390S CD processor to drive 431, the sound is not too bad, but I need a couple of more inputs as I intend to use a TT and add a blu ray player as well.
The Levinson 380s is much more money, out of the all three.
Looking forward to some experts advises and suggestions/recommendation.
Cheers
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audiomasterBTW: what happened to this you were buying?? It's one of the best!! "I have an opportunity to buy an Aesthetix Calypso Line Stage amp" Just saying. I did notice you’ve started 6 threads, with over 80 members posting answers to your questions, yet you never come back and reply to any. You need to be a bit more receptive to people that have taken the time and effort to answer your questions, even if you don’t like what they give you. Cheers George |
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