Which Amp

[musicguy04]

I heard B&W with Parasound Halo amps and Rotel amps. I preferred the Parasound Halo by far. The Rotel was muddy(compared to the Parasound), but still much better sound that what I currently have, but I've heard weird things about the Halo's and I know there's a lot of amps out there. From reading these posts alone, some I would consider for my tastes would be Musical Fideltiy and Bryston. Why not the Brystons, although, I've never heard them?

[RGA]

Atually I should take that back because the sound was probably the Bryston Preamp. Power amps should not impart a soinic signature - neither should the preamp for that matter. But this isn't a perfect world and they all do.

Parasound has always been a relative fringe player - not bad but not high end - maybe this Halo is a new move. By the way people with B&W swear by Bryston - and I liked the Rotel/B&W combo I heard. But uit also depends on the Rotel - their preamps I'm not a fan of and I don't particularly like their integrated's as a result.

The best SOUND I have heard from B&W N801's came from a Nuvista 11 watt tube amplifier. BUT, you could not play it at real loud levels. McIntosh was an utter disaster.

Try the Brystons. They hold their value very well - you won't find a more sturdy well built product - and their 20 year totally transferable warranties as well as their excellent customer servivce are huge reasons along with quality that has made them king of the hill of the power amp industry for what are relatively reasonable prices.