@hilde45 Years ago I auditioned this amp. I paired it with Magnepan 1.7's. On paper I thought this would be a perfect match. During the 100 or so hours I listened, it's character did not change much. I found it a bit flat and lacking in bass. In fairness, I did not have their matching preamp (which was discontinued after a very short production run) so some blame might have been placed there. After that I auditioned a Marantz Reference intergrated which I found much more pleasing to my ear--more subtle, smooth, spacious, with shockingly good bass relative to the AVA. Really wanted to like that amp but could not deny what I was hearing.
Also of note were a couple of small scratches and a buzzing transformer. So back it went. Cancelled the preamp order as well.
This is not to discourage you. Systems are all about synergy as you already know. But more to your question, I did not note it to change much in character over 100 hrs.
Also of note were a couple of small scratches and a buzzing transformer. So back it went. Cancelled the preamp order as well.
This is not to discourage you. Systems are all about synergy as you already know. But more to your question, I did not note it to change much in character over 100 hrs.