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P.S. Audio B.H.K. 300 Mono Amps, B.H.K. Preamplifiers, PS Audio Dac

I must confess that I have owned and heavily auditioned various well known audio manufacturers "please see the list below"!  The purpose of this post is to share any questions concerns I can with you through my personal experiences. Before we get started I do want to mention that I have no affiliation with any manufacture other than my addiction to audio lol. I currently have P.S. Audio BHK 300 Monos, BHK Signature Preamplifier and the P.S. Audio DirectStream Dac playing through a pair of Focal Sopra ll's in a treated room 12 deep x 15 wide. I am 100% digital playing Tidal & Quboz MQA, Hi Res 24 bit, and DSD. I have tried tube rolling in my preamplifier and now the BHK 300 Monos. I have listened my system with my P.S. AUDIO DiresctStream Dac only as well as with my BHK Signature Preamplifier and Dac to snuff out any doubt or theory about what sounds best with this setup as well as with my ARC 160S Tube Amp.

Here is I list of amps that I have *owned as well as auditioned for many, many hours.

*Anthem Integrated 225

*Adcom 575SE

*Audio Research 160S

*Bell Canto 600M

Block Audio

*Bryston 7BSST2

Divalet Expert Pro 220

Gryphon Diablo

Krell Evolution  

Hegel H30

Luxman M900U

Merril Eliment 118

*McIntosh 452

McIntosh 601

Octave Audio V110  

Musical Fidelity Titan

*Parasound A21

*Parasound JC1

Pass Lads X250.5

Pass Labs X350.5

Pass Labs XA160.8

Pass labs XS300

*Plinius SA-250

*PS Audio BHK 300 Signature

Primaluna Premium HP

Primaluna Prologue

Sim Audio W7



blumartini
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blumartini OP
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Gentlemen,
@whitecamaross has owned and auditioned, done panel blind test on more high-end and super high-end audio than most audio enthusiast in the world could ever dream of. He is now soon going to be doing a shoot out with Pass Labs Ultimate 85K X300 Monos VS Dan D’Agostino $65K Momentum M400. Lets give this guy some credit for taking the risk and agony of lifting and uncreating these massive amps and taking the time to depict and share his and his panelist findings as accurately as possible.
P.S. this thread is not intended to validate it was intended as I stated in the post " The purpose of this post is to share any questions concerns I can with you through my personal experiences" I respect whitecamross as well as his huge following so I thought I do an Honorable mention with his permission 1st. of course.

I ask all who comment to keep the post positive and informative as possible.

Thanks :)
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tinear123
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I too use the PSA BHK Pre and Direct Stream DAC but amplification is Coincident Frankie-II SET monoblocks.  Tried multiple other pre/dac combinations and just dac direct but seam to always come back to the BHK + Direct Stream.  Some tube rolling is necessary to dial in personal preferences but that is part of the beauty of the design. 
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blumartini OP
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@tinear123

They are truly a perfect match and never mind the ease of tuning the sound with a tube change. I have tried mix matching dac amplifiers tube, Solid State Class A, A/B, Class D and it was guessing game at my expense. Bascom H. King nailed it with his Hybrid Solid State Tube design.
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stringreen
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I find that all components from the same manufacturer brings out the best from each
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