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    Best Amp/Pre for K2 S5500?

    Just looking for suggestions from those with experience. I am going to purchase a pair of these speakers. I suspect they will sound a bit different than my 1400 Arrays which I will be keeping.

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    Sounds cool, Tom. Congratulations.

    You can spend a lot of money for a decent amp to drive them. An AT2000 Series or AT3000 Series amp will do everything you need and save you hundreds or even a thousand dollars. Plus it gives you a seven year warranty, and it's made in America about 30 miles from my house. I use them to drive K2s (in the guise of Synthesis® S800 amps) and the Timbers Arrays (pair of AT2003 amps).

    As you probably know, ATI manufactures Theta Digital, JBL Synthesis®, B&K, Creston, and a bunch of others.

    If you wait until August, the new AT6000 Signature Series will cost more, have some internal improvements, and have a slightly fancier faceplate. http://ati-amp.com/AT6000.php

    The pre you use will depend on what you intend to do most: analog sources or digital sources. If going all digital, I don't think I'd even get a traditional pre.

    Others will chime in.
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    Thanks for this info. If I may ask of you, what other amps did you review before you made the choice of ATI amps?
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    Parasound, Bryston, Rowland (used), and Theta (which was just too expensive but looked really cool. Pass and Levinson too expensive as well.)
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    Probably Bryston or Levinson.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave_72 View Post
    Probably Bryston or Levinson.
    I just got my first Bryston last week - very nice sounding amp!

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    ALL great suggestions here, me I'm a mcintosh fan ......

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    Quote Originally Posted by hjames View Post
    I just got my first Bryston last week - very nice sounding amp!

    4b NRB (its an ancient thing ..!)
    Cool. Congrats! That's still a good amp. It's a solid, workhorse amp. There's really nothing wrong with it, but not the ultimate in transparency, imo!

    I'm just an ocd audiophile, haha. For most people, a Bryston amp is the end of the road.
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    Any of the Bryston 4B amps are a good choice.
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    Cool

    Quote Originally Posted by antoninus9 View Post
    Any of the Bryston 4B amps are a good choice.
    I've been using the 4BSST model ever since I got my S4700s 2 1/2 years ago. Not too shabby, but again as an ocd audiophile (and probably the only one on this board!) I want more.
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