Accuphase e800 or luxman m900u for sonus faber olympica nova 3

A comment about Accuphase pricing, and surprised no one has brought this review up before. Soundstage posted a review a few weeks ago on the Accuphase C-2850 preamp. I know folks have talked about the crazy US pricing before but this really brings it into focus. SoundStage is in Canada, to quote the review:

"The C-2850, which replaced the C-2820, sells for $24,999 in Canada, but I must also mention the US-dollar price because that’s what we typically quote in our reviews: $34,500. In the US, Accuphase has a different distributor, and if you know about Canada–United States currency values, that’s a huge price discrepancy. According to the exchange rate around mid-June 2021, $34,500 USD converted to $41,932 CDN, while $24,999 CDN converted to just $20,568 USD! To me, that’s too big a price discrepancy for two countries situated next to each other and where people travel pretty freely back and forth (at least pre-COVID). But for the moment, I’m going to set the price issue aside—though I can’t help wondering if having too high a price has been a problem getting the brand established in North America."

That is just crazy so if you live in the US and want Accuphase your best bet, buy it in Canada!

https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/1571-accuphase-c-2850-preamplifier

Accuphase or Luxman is a good choice but you already have good equipment i would look more towards a speaker upgrade which will matter a lot more than the amp upgrade in your case.

How do the electrocompaniet, luxman, and accuphase sound compared to high end Swiss gear like nagra, ch precision, goldmund, etc?  At similar quality level?

Hi,
I have owned a few world class preamps, Vac Statement, Goldmund 22H, Nagra, Soulution 725 and several other top preamps and the Aries Cerat preamps are another level.

Cheers,