Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ?

BTW, my post has nothing to do directly with Tidal. 

Alright, I get it. It appears that indeed there is nothing SS better than D'Agostino, only different. Maybe.
I saw couple of times used Momentum integrated for $25k. It is within the reach of many. Not within my reach, though, at least not yet. 

Well--I've heard different, but I cannot say better. But I have not heard Gryphon or Dartzeel in circumstances that allowed me to make a judgment about them--other than that they are both pretty awesome.

erik_squires10,535 posts02-09-2021 10:02pmBetter, not sure. I will say hearing Luxman and D’Agostino side by side I was really happy to afford the Luxman. :)

May I ask which Luxman and D’Agostino model which you heard side-by-side? Personally I own the Luxman L-590AXII and it sounds splendid in my system. I didn’t have the luxury to compare the Luxman to more expensive offerings such as D’Agostino though. The D’Agostino Progression integrated looks promising but it costs twice the price of the Luxman integrated with some spare change..

I haven't heard DAG's, but I did have a Krell FPB300 for several years
and it was a fine amp in every way. But DAG is quite fancy looking and certain reviewers think they're wonderful. I later upgraded to a pair of Levinson 33H's and they were some of the finest sounding I've ever heard. I don't like paying for cosmetics outside of a preamp or a turntable.  The Pass XA series has never failed to impress anyone who has heard them and are priced far more realistically.  I have a friend with Aleph amps that even now are in high demand but aren't pretty to "look at".