There are literally hundreds (thousands?) of amps out there, and what is "best" for you is very depenent on your personal tastes. So I would recommend that you hit a few local audio stores and listen to a few different setups (or better yet, if you have friends who are into this stuff, listen to their systems)...then ask this question again after giving some thoughts as to what you liked and what you didn't like.
Some basic questions: - Are you interested in tubes (and all the accompanying costs and maintenance)? Or just solid state/class D? - What kind of music do you like? - What kind of volume to you usually listen? Preamps are "necessary" if you have more than one non-digital source (eg. a tuner or a turntable) where you can't use the Transporter to select sources, or if you get an amp that has a low input sensitivity (and need the preamp gain to really drive the amp the way it was designed to be driven). -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29411 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
