Power Amp advice

P59T - thanks for that...good to know. Not much ML here unfortunately so have not remained current with their models. I have heard good things about their latest stuff.

Maybe its me, but there seems to be so much more high-end boutique equipment out there now. I remember a time when (i was not in high end but just reading about it in college)...and all i read about was Krell, ML, ARC, CJ and Pass Labs. Plus exotics like Audio Note, Goldmund, FM Acoustics. Now its all those plus BA Labs, Constellation, CH Precision, TAD, Audio Analogue, Dartzeel, MBL, Berning, Ypsilon, Concert Fidelity, Stahl-Tek, and the list goes on...and on.

Hard to keep up! But a lot of fun to have those options too!

Lloyd, you're absolutely right that high-end choices have expanded. I can remember when I was in college in the late 70s-early 80s that there were not many hi-fi choices at all and a lot of what we had was really what we'd consider mid-fi today. We knew about maybe about five-ten brands of actual high end - and also Heathkit for those adventurous enough to play with a soldering gun.

A more integrated global economy and the internet have changed all that - I never would have even known about overseas brands like Plinius or my latest Symphonic Line pre/power combo in those days!

Dickey1, thanks for giving us more information. If you're looking at amps in the $15-20,000 range, you have a LOT more options in addition to the three you are thinking about. Especially if you are willing to buy used.

today,just pairing rowland 625 & mark 532h with ml326s. To my surprise , rowland gives better result.

Well there you go. What was it you liked better about the Rowland 625?

the rowland is less punchy.Since 326s is already very pinchy, matching it with rowland 625 is more balanced.