Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450

Mikicasellas..I have had several conversations with Sean, and have seen pic's of the interior of his stereo amp. Very little mods. Has two small Lundahl transformers and DH Labs silver plated copper wire with teflon jackets to the inputs and outputs. Thats about it. The problem with NewClear is that the input impedance has not been adjusted
to a higher number. Its at 30kohms, so it would be best to use a Preamp with a low output impedance.
Between the three I would go with Wyred4Sound. Why? the owner of the company
EJ Sarmento, has a degree in electronics. He is a circuit engineer. There are more extensive mods in the Wyred4Sound than in the NewClear. The input buffer circuit board is designed by Bascom King and raises the input impedance to 60Kohms which is easier to drive. Other mods are done by EJ
including different caps and resistors. Sean Brady and Dennis Deacon are business men, not circuit engineers. Wyred4Sound and Bel Canto are companie's that do the best job with the Bel Canto amps since both companies are owned by circuit engineers. D-Sonic uses Pascal and Abeltec
amps with very little mods. The new Jeff Rowland integrated uses
Pascal amps with major mods with added large power supplies. For the money, Wyred4Sound is the wisest choice.

Audiozen,

Thanks for your feedback,

Despite the tech and mods on any of these brands, do you still consider W4S is the best choice sound wise?

Glen from 6 moons said that he consider the W4S is a cooler sound than the D-sonic and Jeff Dorgay claims that New Clear is beyond the mAmps of Wyred4sound...there is where iam hesitating.

Butb actually as iam going to purchase both W4S DAC2 SE and STP-SE preamp, match would do a pretty important synergy, right?

Miguel

Miguel. If you want warmth and richness, here's what I would recommend. Don't buy Class D. If its for convenience
I can understand. Buy the Parasound A21 amp from Audio Advisor for $ 2300.00 and the Wyred4Sound STP-SE. You will
have a match made in heaven. The Parasound is now available in black. Its heavy and very powerful and will give much greater musicality than Class D. It is the best amp on the market in its price range. Its a John Curl design. He has always been a better amp designer than a Preamp designer.

Audiozen

Thanks a lot for the suggestions, very thankful

I am an 80´s and 90´s guy who loves music more like Rush, The Police, Sade, Bowie, Sting, Ac/DC...Rock, heavy, jazz, Pop, latin, New age (Andreas Vollenweider) and so, its kind of very mix but i don´t hear any classical at all.

Considering my style of music do you prefer the Parasound above any of the Class "D".

Klaus from Odyssey was giving me a deal on his Kismets in Stratos cases with all his upgrades for $3,500 pair of monos, any thoughts?

Thanks again for your kind help man.

All the best

M.

The Kismet is a damn good amp based on the review's I've read. Handsome looking too with those four chrome corner pillar's and that velvet looking black face plate. 160 watts per side. Heavy at 60 pounds a piece. The Parasound peaks at 300 amperes from both channels which is a helluva lot of current. What speaker's are you using or plan to use?