[dumdum]

Try not to get caught up in the snake oil. Good amps are not difficult to find. Sure, there are crappy amps out there, but the majority of the good brands (Alpine, Kenwood, Pioneer, etc.) all make very good amps that will sound every bit as good as the luxury amps like Brax.

DSPs will be very important, FAR more important than the difference between a Kenwood Ecelon amp and a Brax amp.

Sorry but kenwood, alpine and pioneer do not make anything comparable to brax, that’s just not accurate at all, I know we disagree on various things, but if you genuinely believe what you just wrote then you know nothing about amplifier topology

Tell him he can buy a 500 dollar receiver and replace his ati hypex amplifiers as all amps sound the same as well

 

[dumdum]

First question before people start throwing amps, speakers and dsps about as like anything you will get 500 different opinions about what is good…

what are you using as a source for this stereo system?

 

[dumdum]

Good call dumdum. Also OP are you planning on dropping the cash to deaden and fabricate your speaker locations it takes to get the last 10% out of your components. There are quite a few qualifiers one needs to know prior to offering an accurate solution.

OP I do like your choice in 2-channel gear. Pretty cutting edge. Have you built/bought a Roon server yet?

4 channel I think as he’s active and it’s the four channel hypex nc500 amp boards in it I believe for a quick Google, that’s why I was quick to put the ‘all amps can sound like a brax’ above, madeinBologna clearly has decent taste in very transparent amps… he doesn’t want to spend brax money, but also appreciates a good amp also

I am a little out of the loop due to being in a different country

I’d look to the likes of mosconi pro range Or maybe a zapco ap as they aren’t brax money (but again I’m just throwing names out there without knowing prices and how they compare)