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Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Thanks Rich !!! The seller is a dealer and he told me the amps were made after the update was created and then put in all the newly manufactured amps after he came out with the retro update. He also said they went for $16,500.00 but the Clayton di... 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Fantastic responses and thank you very much... Really great stuff... I mean sure its just audio people talking audio which in itself is great but its funny because you guys are right for sure I'll never know till I hear them. Mechans is a man afte... 
Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC
It def will be diminished if you have a lesser preamp that drags it down. The deal with DACs is that it all matters. Not just DAC chip or how it is implemented but the power supplies, the critical output stage, the filers, volume control (if it ha... 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Charles1dadThat is kind of what I am afraid of..lol. As of now I certainly prefer and value higher the 3d 3 dimensional, liquid and organic sound over bass slam but I have never really heard this good of an SS amp and what intrigues me is the Clay... 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Jmcgrogan2 thanks so much! I appreciate it. I think Tfl303 was kinda kidding a bit there and being facetious. Also I have read others in the Clayton camp use that kind of over emphasis talk for effect when comparing them to others. I think if we a... 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Zd542" There's plenty of ways to reduce risk. Buying blind by reading reviews and listening to strangers in internet chat rooms is no way to go about it "This is an audio forum. We talk audio in the amp section here we talk amps. If I had the doe ... 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Typing on my phone sorry about all the type o's : ) 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Acendo recommends Behold and CAT which are incredible but way way out of my league other than those they recommend SS in the best quality and most power you can afford. They say that the more power the better even thought they are not hogs just di... 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Zd542Flying out of control?? How do you come up with that. Who says that? I have it boiled down to 2 amps and am asking for other members opinions and if others offer new other ideas then great I would love to hear them. I am buying used gear from... 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Tfl303Could you tell me more. Do they have that real 3d tube you are there sound that is so hard for SS to pull of like tubes. I understand the image density and richness and depth of SS just can't match tubes but if it has the real enveloping, re... 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Lloydelee21Good idea i never thought of upgrading my 12's. 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
SoixThanks so much! Real nice of you to say : ) 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Onhwy61I always used the Decware in the past with all my gear it just made such and improvement. I did tons of A/B and couldn't get it out of my system but since I got the Bricasti it takes too much away. I love it and I can recommend to anyone bu... 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
KnghifiYou are right the M300 sure did have some serious hum problems. 600 watt pure class into 4/ohm is a crazy amount of juice of class a and requires a behemoth power supply.A few years back they fixed it and offered a retro upgrade and the pai... 
Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice
Thanks I do like them a lot but I have only heard so many different kinds so who knows there def could be better I totally see what your saying for sure. That though is still in my mind. I love tubes there is no doubt. There is a set of CJ LP140m ...