I have to admit that lately I got obsessed with fantasizing my next stereo system, to the point I couldn’t sleep at certain nights because I had to check more and more facts and look at products again and again (part of my OCD) so maybe that’s a good part to realize there’s a problem. Really, I went with friends to the pub and was looking at amplifiers
I feel a bit different playing my Focal Stellia on Astell&Kern 3000 or on iFi Blu. Yes, it’s not a fair comparison as one is 200$ portable DAC/amp and one a very expensive player , but I feel the combination of better DAC chips and amplification in Astell & Kern makes it much better . I also btw feel like digital portable players are much too expensive , but it’s also much better to be able to play on the go. I quite regretted my electrostatic headphones purchase (4500$ for the Dan Clark Audio Corina, 1260$ for Stax SRM-D50 DAC/AMP ), because I can’t take it anywhere and it’s always annoying to set up .
That’s actually a good comment, I made a very thorough research for the last minute, but only got to see the KEF reference with Cambridge Audio and Electrocompaniet electronics . From looking online I liked most what I read about Pass Labs A class amps - I liked the explanations and they measure pretty nice for non feedback amps. And I saw a used CH Precision, and well they’re gorgeous products . But I’m really not sure how all this really sounds different then good middle tier amps because I never did testing in real life
‘Goes to sell my Lamborghini ‘