folks, what are some cost no object , no compromise super integrated amps that rivals separates. would love to hear some thoughts, ownership experience and which ones must be considered in the shopping list.may be in 30k to 60k price range some of them which come to my mind are
Spoke to a high end dealer, he is a huge fan of pilium. The mono blocks of pilium are 90k..solution are 200k, he felt pilium was just as good. He has had msb dacs, one over 100k..currently has pilium dac and loves it. Pilium dac is around 40k
At more down-to-earth prices, you may consider the top-of-the-range Luxman integrateds
L-509X (Class AB) L-590AXII (Class A)
I have the 590AXII and it’s marvellous. It’s so good that I’ve upgraded all my cables to premium ones(power cords, interconnects and speaker cables) and the Luxman keeps giving.
The best one by a wide margin is the Audionet Humboldt and i have heard the Vitus SIA-030, CH Precision I1, Dartzeel CTH-8550, Gryphon Diablo 300 and T+A PA 3100 HV. You get 90% of Stern-Heisenberg combo with the Humboldt.
Interesting on the Humboldt. I heard the Stern connected to a gryphon colosseum on Vivid GiyaS and thought the sound was incredible. Actually preferred the audionet to the Gryphon pre. What speakers did you hear the Humboldt on?
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