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Anyone tried out Vincent Audio Intergrated?

I am looking at the the Vincent Audio intergrated and was curious if anyone tried out or owns one. It is the new model 150 watt per channel. I am still toying around with the idea of tube preamp and solid state amp, or integrated or all tubes.

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loomisjohnson
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rwineer, as best as i can ascertain vincent is the trademark of a german company, sintron, which outsources its production to the chinese company shengya. shengya also markets its own branded,lower-priced identically-spec'd products; it's not crystal clear whether the shengya-branded products are identical to the vincent-branded products, or which company designs which (according to 6 moons, some models are common to both brands, while others are specific to asian/western markets). irrespective, as i've noted above, the vincent products i've heard are superb and very, very good values. this is not bose--i.e. overhyped stuff marketed to the unwary--but very well-reviewed, real audiophile-grade gear which is carried by reputable dealers.
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rwinner
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Ok,that's very good to know. I didnt mean to impugn it; I just had some reservations. Thank you for removing most of them for me. :)
johnnyb53
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The Vincent 150 wpc hybrid power amp was considered THE sub $1K amp (at the time) in the TAS review. That was around 5 years ago.

Nothing stands still. I recommend you listen to a Marantz PM8004 integrated amp (with built-in phono stage, no less) at $999 list before you buy anything near this price list. It's rated at 70 wpc but you really need to hear it. I've never heard a $999 amp power a $12.5K pair of speakers (Sonus Faber Cremona M) the way these did.
martykl
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Since you're using a subwoofer in your system (per your system link), you might consider the HK 990 integrated amp at $1500-$2000, new on-line. It's unique AFAIK in that it combines a terrific 150WPC Matt Otala (Citation, Electrocompaniet) designed power amp section with digital x-over/room correction capability. IME, it's hard to beat the digital domain approach to subwoofer integration and, if you're feeling purist and/or analog, you can defeat the DSP (losing the subwoofer, though) at the touch of a remote.

Good Luck

Marty
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