DYohn
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Post by DYohn on Jun 10, 2012 9:38:11 GMT -5
rlw, I'd take your Butler amp over anything from NAD. But that's just me.
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Post by Porscheguy on Jun 10, 2012 10:45:56 GMT -5
Back in the day, I owned an NAD 2150 pwoer amp and an NAD 3150 integrated amp. They were both bridged and used to power ADS 710 speakers. Lord, that was an awesome rig!! The NAD amplifiers sounded absolutely terrific: very clean, dynamic, with balls so big they needed a wheelbarrow <g>. Now I wish I had never sold them. After reading that amp's white paper, I sure would like to get me some NAD power. I guess I would have to get one in-house and compare it against my Butler. And, Lord knows, I do *love* my Butler - it is an exceptionally good-sounding amp and it's PAID FOR! Their pre-processor's specs (M-15) sound suspiciously like the UMC-1's. But I imagine that an NAD M-25 power amp coupled with Emo's upcoming XMC-1 would be a killer combination, except for aesthetics. The NAD gear is made to visually match other NAD gear. But I think I could get past that pretty easily...<g> -RW- I've heard the M 15 HD and I can tell you it's superior in every way the UMC-1 and it should be for $4400.00 Its also modular, so it can be updated as technology changes. The M25 is and monster too, while only being 160 x 7 it has dynamic power of 220 watts at 8Ω, 385 watts at 4Ω, and 485 watts at 2Ω. It kicks some serious ass. I'm not sure any Emo amp is 2 ohm stable, but this one is.. But once again, its like $2800. If I wasn't so Emo invested, thats where I'd be shopping..... :-)
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