+1 @mapman we cannot tell you what you’ll subjectively like. The only way…is to demo yourself- no shortcuts or further guarantees besides personally trying.
Buckeye Amps musicality? Not measurements, musicality....
Hey Everyone.... question, I am contemplating the Buckeye Amps 9040 Purifi monoblocks. I am, at the same time, considering the Musical Fidelity M6x 250.5 (5 channel) all of this in an effort to run my LCR up front. (Arendal 1723 THX Monitors) - everything I read from Dylan at Buckeye and hear from his interviews in YouTube videos all surrounds measurements. Let's assume that every amp, in particular these two options, measure incredibly well. I get that.
But I also get that amp measurements are only a piece of how an amp ACTUALLY SOUNDS in the real world with my room and my speakers. Which is why its a red flag that Buckeye hides behind measurements as the end-all-be-all of buying an amplifier. If measurements were the absolute end of the discussion, there wouldn't have been a Class A or A/B amp sold in the last 5 years. I get that the Purifi stuff measures well, incredibly well, but to never say anything in public forums or in public interviews about how your amps actually sound or how musical they are compounds and continues the notion that while Class D measures insanely well, they sound cold, brittle, analytical, bright, shout'y and too forward. Class D or no Class D, it boils down to the amp designers' actual implementation of the technology in how it sounds, e.g. the input stage, the output stage, the signal path, etc.
So what I'm looking for I suppose is owners of exceptional Class A/B amps (like Musical Fidelity, Parasound, Rotel et al) who have made that leap of faith to the Purifi Buckeye either 7040 or 9040 modules and how your experience has been..... ?? Thanks immensely!
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Class D is Class D, man. This day and age, if it ain't a tube amp, they all sound the same. All of them. This isn't 1973. Even SINAD scores are overblown. Anything above 75 is going to sound the same to everybody. That said, Buckeye Purifi is objectively one of the best measuring amps on the market. If you want to hear the sound as the creator intended, get a Buckeye or just about any other amp on the market. If you want it to sound somewhat different than what was intended, get a tube amp. |
@ericrhodes1 If you’re going to rely on measurements and data, most of todays amps will measure very well and way beyond human audibility. Resulting in a lot of amplifiers sounding identical. It will be pointless to compare say AGD Audion mk3 with a Hypex. If you want to compare 2 amplifiers by actual listening, that’s a different story. A member mentioned the Nilai was better than the previous Hypex. Well Buckeye said those 2 sounded identical. The point is you can choose to listen, or you can choose the data. And the data says most amps are identical. You can choose both paths but you will meet many complications. |
I am not sure I can tell the difference between the amps I own and have tried. I have Buckeye Purifi 7040SA mono blocks, Nord NCore NC500 mono blocks, Marantz MA500 mono blocks, Hypex 1200AS1 mono blocks that I built myself using Ghent cases and wiring, and a Pathos Classic One MkIII. Previously had Bryston amps, Carver Sunfire, Parasound, Adcom. All sounded terrific to me and were/are used for 2-channel music. I use a different system for HT. |
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