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New Integrated amp recommendation
Greetings:
I’m looking to upgrade my Yamaha 801 to drive my Revel 328s
Unfortunately I live in South Carolina and auditioning equipment requires a fair amount of time and travel.
The room is 20x25 loft open to one side to a staircase and 11 foot ceilings (not ideal but limited amount of conditioning will follow)
Almost always classic rock and contemporary jazz never above 80db Vinyl/CD and streaming
I’ve read a number outstanding reviews on Luxman integrateds and that is the first question..Is the 505z a good fit? If so does stretching the budget to the 507z offer a sonic difference? If not Luxman any other recommendations. I’m not necessarily looking to color the sound of the Revels but the Yamaha and maybe the room lack a bit of low end clarity and maybe a bit of fatigue from the Be tweeters.
Finally has anyone had experience buying direct from Japan? Can I assume the transformer is going to add unwanted noise?
Appreciate any thoughts love the forum. Learn from it everyday.
Thank you
JF
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+1 @yogiboy . I have a Belles Aria integrated and it’s as smooth as a gravy sandwich. You don’t have to spend a bundle to get quality sound, especially used. |
The Belles Aria does possess an excellent liquid midrange but that is where it’s strengths end. Both treble and bass are truncated, the soundstage collapses at higher volume levels and does not like speaker impedances that approach 3 ohms. The Aria will work best with highly efficient and easy load impedance speakers with a V curve type of voicing. My deduction is not a viable match with a Revel loudspeaker in a 20x25 room. |
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