Onkyo A-9555 amp + Totem Model 1

Thanks, for the great write up Johnny ! Johnny do you run the amp with Zu speakers? I thought those were super revealing speakers.
Henry ,it seems they are sold out at that site.There is one on here now.
I just got my amp for three hundred shipped from a great seller.

01-15-12: Henryjudy
One concern I have is that you can hear some noise when the amp is used with 4 ohm speakers. Since Totem Model 1 a 4 ohm speaker, I'm not sure this amp would be a good match with the Totem speakers.

Did you hear this problem yourself? If not, where did you hear that the Onkyo is noisy into 4 ohms?

Usually you hear higher noise levels on sensitive speakers. Stereophile reviewed the Onkyo A-9555 into a pair of AvantGarde Uno speakers with a measured sensitivity of 102.5 dB at one watt input. Robert Deutsch, the reviewer, had frequently heard noise through his speakers, but not with the Onkyo.

I used the Onkyo to power a pair of Mirage OMD-15s, which are rated at 6 ohms nominal, 4 ohms minimum, and I never heard *any* amp-related noise come through the speakers. This amp's low noise level is one of its strong points.

I have two A-9555's and they are both very quiet.

Thanks for your comments.
Actually, Onkyo A-9555 is available at $380 from Accessories4less.

I'm not seeing that.

Availability of the A-9555 seems to come and go. A month or two ago they were still listed on Amazon. Now they're unavailable. If you Google, however, you'll find a few online vendors offering them anywhere from $400 all the way up to their list price of $799.