Quote Originally Posted by Feanor View Post
The Vincent SP-331 seems to me to be an excellent recommendation given its price and the excellent reviews it has received.

I would love to hear one and would even buy it sight unseen if I were financially prepared for a new amp. No doubt it would be a significantly different sound from my Class D Audio SDS-258. I like the latter but have to admit that its treble reproduction can be aggressive with less than great recordings and upstream components. My guess is that the Vincent would be closer to the preference for "musicality" of a lot of people, e.g. Mr Peabody.

Feanor, I tamed the treble of my Class D CDA 254 amp by using 0.8ohm resistors in my Magnepan MMG's initially. But since I started using the Grant Fidelity preamp/dac and changed tubes to a 1962 Holland made Ampex tube I have been able to remove the resistor and the sound is very liquid with a more refined and pleasing top end. In fact the sound is very similar to my reference system in terms of air and transparency with but less resolution which would be expected when comparing it to the 1.6's with my Van Alstine gear.

I think that Bipper should strongly consider a warmer sounding amp like the Vincent amps, Van Alstine synergy or even a SS Marantz considering his Cambridge Audio 840c (after having owned one) and his B&W speakers.