Plinius 9200 or Gryphon Callisto 2200

I have had both Callisto 2100 and 2200 at home. I also had Plinius 8100 (but not the newer 9200) and SA102.

Both Plinius and Gryphon have a very distinctive sonic signatures, and a VERY different ones at that.

Gryphon is a typical #1 flavor (i.e. very transparent and detailed) and Plinius is a very strong flavor #2 (warm and organic).

For a detailed description of what I mean by both flavors, look at Teejay's thread "Reference DACs - an overall perspective".

BTW - Callisto 2200 is no longer made. It was replaced by Gryphon Diablo - also #1 flavor.

Tough choice excellent amps.
What are your speakers?

Elberoth2, thank you for putting the comparison in the now-familiar Teejay Flavor Spectrum. More helpful to me as a starting point than just about anything else you could have said.

speakers are gallo nucleus reference 3s.

I own the Callisto 2100.Bought used, for a bargain.

I would suggest that if you can find a used Callisto 2200...to jump on it ! They are quite scarce,worldwide.They may now start to appear ,used, since the launch of the Diablo .

Happy hunting !