Bumping this along. . . it's all true.
Hi y'all,
The comments about the ART27A are absolutely true. I took delivery of a single-owner lightly used one about two weeks ago and it's been hard to tear myself away ever since it got here.
It is quite the over-achiever. While I'm currently downsizing my system it is doing quite a good job driving my Wilson Alexx speakers, having taken over from a pair of D'Agostino Momentum M400 mono blocks.
Does the ART27A have the relentless grip and slam of the M400s? No, but it has a wonderful clarity and humaness to how it plays music that makes everything sound natural and breathtakingly present and real. And it's got a really big helping of that triode 3D soundstage going on too.
And the bass control really isn't much of an issue for me -- I have two stacks of 3 subwoofers to augment the lowest octaves and after playing things like Brian Bromberg's "The Ballad of Harrison Crabfeathers" I really don't think I'm missing anything important.
The ART didn't force the D'Agostinos out, but it made my decision to list them easier. The ART27A is indeed a very special amplifier.
Now I'm going to add the matching ART88 preamp!
Steve Z
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VPI HW-40 Anniversary DD turntable, Grado Aeon3; Taiko Audio Extreme server, dCS Vivaldi APEX DAC and Master Clock, Cybershaft OP-21 reference clock, Playback Designs Pinot ADC.
D’Agostino Momentum M400 amps, Momentum HD preamp, Momentum phono amp, Wilson Audio Alexx, 2X3 SVS SB16 Ultra subwoofer stacks.
Shunyata Triton v3 & Typhon QR, Typhon. Shunyata Sigma NR & NR v2 cords and cables, Stillpoints ESS grid system rack, Stillpoint Ultras, ASC Tube Traps . . . and lots of music!
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