Leben CS600 or Atmasphere or ARC

lalitk

"‘not just the gold but the green too!’
@jond,

There is just something very sexy about Leben appearance not to mention the seductive sound."



Yes it's an almost timeless archetypal look suggesting some form of an extraordinary oriental exoticism.

When I think back to my first serious amplifier, the classic NAD 3020a, I was always glad that it came in a warm chocolate colour and not plain black as was common then.

I later ended up with the matching 4020 tuner (not so good) and the excellent 6050c tape deck. 

Happy times, when my audio life was simple. Get a turntable, get some speakers and just buy the rest from NAD.
 

used mastersound compact 845

+1 to Atma-Sphere M60. 

I own the Nines and am using a Woo Audio WA5, 10wpc of 300b SET power, and it is plenty for a 20x20 room. It’s a wonderful Integrated amp that was built to power efficient speakers and inefficient headphones. I will soon add a Leben CS600x, so will wait until then to comment, but research supported the Leben as a great match. Prior owner owned Shindo gear which sounded great if a tad drier.

Did you pick an amp yet? I adore the Nines, traded up from Super 8s and the Nines are much much better - more full sounding and easy to place.

I'm a Leben and DeVore dealer.  The 600/600x are very nice matches with the Nines.

I also sell Line Magnetic.....the 805ia is another option that works quite well with the Nines.

I imagine Atmosphere would also be a great match, but I think their units are all amps? (not sure if they make an integrated)

Cary SLI80 has always been another good unit with the DeVores, and would certainly fall under your price point (even new).