listening99, I have a lot of experience with low cost, Mid-Fi, lower, mid and upper end HiFi amps. I have used chip amps, SET, hybrid and from lower cost/power to upper end SS amps. If you want to see the amps I have handled in 13 years of reviewing for Dagogo.com, see my Bio on the website.
I happen to have a NuForce integrated in my living room, as I run 3 systems of varying levels. I tried it in the main rig for kicks. It lasted about 1 hour before going back into the living room. Fatal flaws of the sort you describe. (Perhaps they are not considered fatal to you; they are to me when it comes to what I expect in the sound quality). Perhaps this clarifies what I meant by fatal flaws. I would use such an amp, but not in my primary rig.
BTW, Lord's "Royals" is one of my reviewing demo tracks for the very reason you mentioned; it shows weaknesses pretty quickly. :)
I happen to have a NuForce integrated in my living room, as I run 3 systems of varying levels. I tried it in the main rig for kicks. It lasted about 1 hour before going back into the living room. Fatal flaws of the sort you describe. (Perhaps they are not considered fatal to you; they are to me when it comes to what I expect in the sound quality). Perhaps this clarifies what I meant by fatal flaws. I would use such an amp, but not in my primary rig.
BTW, Lord's "Royals" is one of my reviewing demo tracks for the very reason you mentioned; it shows weaknesses pretty quickly. :)