Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ?

@inna   So, I did get around to putting the Luxman M900u back into my system and listened to it for over a week.  In my system, the D'Agostino S250 was a very clear winner, as I feel I am hearing all of the detail that the Luxman was digging out of the music, but in a more musically coherent presentation.  I sold the Luxman last week and am sticking with the S250.  Again, I do think that this could well be a case of this particular "horse" riding well on my particular "course" (TAD CR-1's).

I have since added the HD preamp, and it really matches up to the glowing review in Stereophile.  The D'Ag stuff is "all that" to me.

Top of the line Audionet 
FM Acoustics

jbrrp1, I see. Great brand indeed. Very special sound.
No one really talks about either Audionet or FM Acoustics. I would be interested to hear the impressions, especially regarding FM Acoustics.
In any case, there are probably 10 or so brands at the very top level to choose from, including a few Swiss, Danish Gryphon and Vitus, German Audionet perhaps, American D'Agostino and Boulder. Good for us.

I have to chime in here, years ago I upgraded from Krell KAV 250a amp
to The Chord SPM-1200E. The audio character of my system became so much more musical and enjoyable. 

The amp  was purchased  to drive the B&W 80ds (2010 version). Later  I  replaced the Krell KRC-3 preamp with a Balanced Audio Technology VK 32 SE. 
I am very happy!

Go out and audition a Chord Ultima 5 Stereo Amp!  You will not regret it!

If you have heard D’Ag gear, it is good, but it is also one of the products that is designed for the a’phile who uses his eyes possibly more than his ears alone.

 

Price aside, I wouldn’t consider the gear based on the looks. It looks ugly to me. I have no idea how it sounds like though.