I've been mulling the upgrade path as well. I have a DNA-1 in excellent condition. Original owner. I think the amp is about 30 years old right now. Been looking to the basic upgrade from Steve, without the new base, but adding a new transformer. It's about a $2700 upgrade. Was weighing that against a selling the DNA-1 and getting a used Bryston 3b squared or 2.5b squared...
McCormack dna-1 upgrade or no
I have a McCormack dna-1 with a older gold rev a mod to it and I was thinking about sending it back to McCormack for another upgrade.From what I understand the next step would be around 2500.Should I do the upgrade or sell the dna-1 take the money from that and the 2500 and upgrade to either a new or used amp?
I use Nht 2.9 speakers Btw.Thanks Bob
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@richiekess I feel your pain as I’m in a similar sitch. I had a Bryston SST2 in my system and will say it was comparable to my 0.5 Rev A but not better, so I gotta believe one of Steve’s amps with his latest upgrades should be significantly better. My big question is how Steve’s upgraded amps compare to the new GaN amps from AGD, Underwood HiFi, etc. FWIW. |
100% agree to live with it as is or find something else. If decide to sell, you will be out most of the cost of the upgrade, which frankly is the case for most upgrades in my experience. I personally found a very modest improvement going from a stock DNA.05 to the same amp with the Platinum upgrade, the upgrade which cost $3800. At any rate, it is a great amp and a great company if you do decide to do the upgrade. |
@teo_audio +1 on that suggestion. You got an amp that’ll compliment better speakers. |
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