04-11-15: Mordante
If it was my money money I would have a look at a Pass Labs XA amps, Octave, or Aavik U-300.
Today I heard the Aavik U-300 with all Ansuz cabling and Raidho X-3 it sounded great. But I might prefer a tadd more warmth, Class A amps Pass or Symphonic Line. Or maybe a little bit of tube warmth, Octave.
What a small world. Yesterday I heard the Aavik U300 with the X3's too. Ansuz Ceramic cabling with the Mainz D8 streamed from a Naim NDS. My dealer used the Aavik's built in dac. I thought it sounded fantastic. What's a little funny I had the Raidho D1's driven by an Octave V110 and have upgraded to the D2's. I really liked that combo up until yesterday when I heard the Aavik. I'm seriously considering trading in the Octave.
04-10-15: Tyrreld
Akg_ca - Thanks - Not familiar with Audio Flight but have heard Raidho D1's match well with Rowland, Devialet, BALabo, Hegel, Robert Koda, Ypsilon, Soulution; Raidho often use Rowlands at shows. Only Hegel and Deviate are in my price range. Any comments on these two?
First try the amps you have. You may be surprised. I haven't heard the Hegal or Devialet but you may want to put the Naim Supernait 2 on your list. Sounds great with the D2's so the D1's wouldn't be a problem and in your budget.
That said I would highly recommend the D1's be broken in first. The Raidho's sound great out of the box but after having 2 different pair I will say the tweeters will need about 350 hrs to really smooth out. Then another 200 hrs for the bass to settle down and fully tighten up. It's a very gradual improvement. Something a first time Raidho owner wouldn't really notice but I did after getting the D2's. Honestly I had approx 2200hrs on the D1's when I traded them in. When the D2's arrived I was disappointed in the SQ. The highs were ever so slightly edgy and the lows were kind of thin sounding. After 650 hrs I stopped hearing any differences with either the D1's or D2's.
