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Maybe buying a different amp

The amp I've been using is going on a little over 20 years old and thinking about a different one and have my eye on possibly a Mcintosh MC352 or a Bryston 4B3 and both are around the same price. They would driving a pair of PMC PB1i and have read that PMC and Bryston have a sort of synergy for some reason.

Any comments please?

norton
soix
9,456 posts
 

Bryston and Mac are like apples and oranges.  What amp have you been using, what improvements and sound characteristics are you looking for, what’s your budget, and are you looking for new or used?  The more info you give here the better recommendations you’ll get. 

willyht
52 posts
 

Did you mean MC312, or MA352?

norton OP
83 posts
 

MC352 and I've been using a B&K and I figured on spending up to 5k new or used.

There isn't much available in my area to visit and hear and mostly go by online reviews and threads on this forum for ideas.

petg60
1,486 posts
 

Yes Bryston and PMC have a synergy, 4B3 is a fine power amp.

ghdprentice
6,955 posts
 

OP,

If you have spent years reading professional reviews and auditioning the units you have read about, then one can make good decisions made on the basis of reviews. However, if not… then one is looking for “better”.
 

The problem is that this completely leaves your own preferences out of it. So, for instance the really highly rated: Boulder, Luxman, Pass, Krell, Audio Research, Conrad Johnson and McIntosh have completely different sounds… if say you look at each of their $20K / units amp. There are only one in that list I would be happy with, and a total of three that I could live with.

 

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