[Little J040]

Hi,

I love my glite, but wondering what would be a "substantial" upgrade in the desktop amp department.

The only qualms i have about my g-lite are the slightly lean lower frequencies. I love the treble extension and the overall clarity of the g-lite.

Any Ideas or reccomendations on where to start looking?

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[Little J040]

Any ideas? Come on

 

[Uncle Erik]

Are you looking for another solid state amp, or are you thinking about tubes?

For solid state, you might be interested in the offerings from HeadRoom and Meier Audio. Dr. Meier recently brought out the Opera and there are price reductions on a few of his other amps. Also, one of the HeadRoom home amps would be nice.

A newer amp that's getting a lot of attention here is the Heed CanAmp. About $400, and the reviews are glowing. I've also seen good reviews for the new Eddie Current EC SS.

As for tubes, everyone seems to love the amps from Mapletree, Singlepower and Ray Samuels.

You might also want to toss in the Musical Fidelity X-Can v3, which seems to be well-liked.

 

[Little J040]

I am kinda up for bids on either tube or SS... I personally like the speed and resolution of most SS amps i've heard, so I would say im leaning towards SS.

What about DIY amps? What would best my g-lite for 300-500$?

Thanks,

Jeff

 

[khbaur330162]

It'd be a toss up. No doubt the PPA and M^3 can compete with your G-Lite, but your preference to each's presentation would simply be personal preference.

There's a few DIY amps in the Headwize forums that I had never heard of 'till recently, and they look to be of extremely high quality. Perhaps you could ask a builder or two if they were willing to make you one of them. I don't have a link, nor do I know the code for the Greek symbol, but I believe one of the amps I'm talking about is named "(Beta)22"? You might want to check it out.

 

[n_maher]

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Originally Posted by khbaur330162 /img/forum/go_quote.gif There's a few DIY amps in the Headwize forums that I had never heard of 'till recently, and they look to be of extremely high quality. Perhaps you could ask a builder or two if they were willing to make you one of them. I don't have a link, nor do I know the code for the Greek symbol, but I believe one of the amps I'm talking about is named "(Beta)22"? You might want to check it out.

You would be hard pressed to build the beta22 for under $500. If you use the sigma22 power supply design you're looking at around $125 right there and even if you do a 2-channel, passive ground config, you're still going to be looking at around $200 more and you'd still be lacking a case and all of the other bits and pieces (volume pot, etc.) to get it really working. I'm not trying to discourage anyone from building one, it's a phenomenal sounding amp. But cheap it is not, I expect mine will finish in the $600 to $700 range

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[Little J040]

I have not heard of this Beta 22 you are talking about, I'll h ave to check it out although it is slightly out of my price range. Im basically looking for something that will be better than my G-lite, but if its 3-4 hundred more I can't see buying one soon.

Any other suggestions are welcome

 

[khbaur330162]

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Originally Posted by n_maher /img/forum/go_quote.gif You would be hard pressed to build the beta22 for under $500. If you use the sigma22 power supply design you're looking at around $125 right there and even if you do a 2-channel, passive ground config, you're still going to be looking at around $200 more and you'd still be lacking a case and all of the other bits and pieces (volume pot, etc.) to get it really working. I'm not trying to discourage anyone from building one, it's a phenomenal sounding amp. But cheap it is not, I expect mine will finish in the $600 to $700 range .

My bad. Tell us what it sound slike when yours is all finished. Very interesting.