You didn’t mention that I saw what you want to spend? Cayin stuff is great for the money and sounded good on multiple speakers I had including Klipsch.
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@charles1dad Did you see the 2019 Stereophile review of the Luxman SQ-N150? Ken Micallef really liked the pairing with Forte III's, in fact in some ways better than his O/93's. The DNA looks similar to the Leben for sure with possibly a little less drive due to 5 fewer watts - and possibly transformer quality (tough to say). But talk about value - $2,795 and it comes with MM/MC phono? This could make a lot of Forte III owners happy I'm sure. It did sound like MC carts performed appreciably better using a SUT instead of the onboard MC stage - not surprising at this price point. https://www.stereophile.com/content/luxman-sq-n150-integrated-amplifier |
@three_easy_payments, No, I was not aware of this review. Thanks for providing the link. Sometimes amplifier builders will sacrifice a bit of output power to place the operational point in the so called "sweet spot" for a given tube. Whatever may be the case both, the Leben CS 300 and Luxman SQ N150 would be exceptionally good choices. Charles |
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