D'agostino Momentum S250 vs Simaudio 861

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One of my power amplifiers is the Moon 860A v2, which can be viewed as the predecessor to the 861. For my uses, it’s practically faultless. However, I recall my surprise when I discovered that my Mark Levinson No523 solid-state preamp paired with the Moon sounds noticeably better than my Balanced Audio Technology (BAT) VK-53SE vacuum tube preamp paired with the Moon. The BAT is more to my taste when paired with my other power amplifiers. Possibly just a coincidence, but the Levinson’s maximum gain (13.5 dB) is closer to that of Moon’s line stage preamplifiers than the BAT’s (18.0 dB).

 

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We are addressing D'Agostino's - not vintage Krell´s.

But by the time we had the ARC REF3, Krell had the FPB xxx C series and an excellent sounding solid state preamplfier, the KRC HR.

Probably not everyone cup of tea, but IMO a KRC HR with a KAS2 was a great sounding combo - I owned it with SoundLab's and Krell LAT1000.

Ecactly what I use in my main setup except I need four KAS2 monoblocks because my speakers demands that (or two stereoamps). The combo KRC-HR with KAS2is the best I have had driving my recent speakers! Chase finished.