Kinki EX M1 user comments

Maritime - for your comparisons did you use the Rotel integrated and cd combo vs the Kinki/Nuprime Dac/Nuprime cd transport?

.....or did you use the Nuprime front end with both the Rotel and Kinki for your comparison?

I have Rotel RC and RB 1590 and the RCD 1572. I tried every combination I could think of-the Rotel gear is great, but overall, Kinki just gets you more involved in the music and the illusion!

I'll be auditioning the Kinki next weekend. I've got JBL 4365's with Audio Note Kits Mentor preamp and locally made Hypex NC500 Class D mono blocks. While the Class D does a lot i like (bags of power, fantastic bass and midrange), I don't like the top end. It's thin and bright. So what this does is make average recordings unlistenable. 

I'm also having twins and want to simply my system as i won't have a lot of time to listen critically for a while to come. 

I also have a Kuzma Stabi Reference 2 turntable, RCM Sensor 2 phono stage and Audio Note Kits DAC 5.1. 

@d2girls, how does it sound with your JBL 4367's?

I have had my Kinki EX-M1 for a little over a year and love it.  I am using it with the LUMIN D2 streamer w Tidal, a Yamaha CD-S2100 SACD player, PSB Imagine T3 speakers, Oyaide Black Mamba power cords and Morrow level 6 interconnects and speaker cables throughout.  These components are complimentary and play as well together as any I have ever had in a system.  I thank Nonoise, maritime52 and all others who called out the EX-M1.  It is an absolutely fantastic integrated.  I am listening to Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum as I type and cannot get over how good this sounds, and how much I am hearing that I just have not caught with other amplifiers.  Thank you again everyone for bringing this integrated to everyone’s attention.