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What sort of upgrade from Rega Brio to go with my Dynaudio's X12?

Hi! In your view, what integrated amp would make my X12 sing? I like the Brio but was told and know that my speakers will benefit a lot from a more powerful, newer amp. What would the candidates be?

Rega Elex, Cambridge CXa81, Hegel H95? Nad, Roksan, Yamaha? What else? What kind of power do I need? Any thoughts??

fariatavares
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rar1
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Consider the Heaven 11 Billie integrated amplifier mentioned above.  Not pushing it, just very satisfied with it.

Complete with DAC and phono.  

 

Rich  

zlone
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The X12’s are 86dB sensitivity and rated at 4 ohms impedance, I am not surprised that the Brio is not doing it for you. NAD tends to be good with current thirsty speakers. Maybe Hegel, not sure. I would watch the used market and do your research, and focus on amps that do well at 4 ohms, and sound good, of course. 😀

zlone
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Just taking a quick look out there, I used to have one of these:

 

driving my power hungry KEF LS50's, it does very well with 4 ohm speakers. The preamp leaves a little bit to be desired, but can be bypassed and use a separate preamp. I ran a Schiit Freya + into it and it sounded great. Lotsa room to move at that price. There are some others of this model out for sale, look around.

And not saying this is the best choice by any means, just one that I am personally familiar with.

 

 

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