As someone who can't afford to purchase newer Accuphase but loves the brand, i was hoping for opinions on the C280v as a preamp today and in comparison with my current CX-260.
I do love that the CX-260 has remote volume and it's very smooth. It sounds great to me and looks beautiful with tons of inputs and 2 option board slots to keep up to date with DSD DACs(Currently have AD-10 and DAC-50, and i can try different power cables on it. I just wonder how much better a C280v would sound in comparison seeing as it was the ultimate pre amp of it's time and the CX-260 was likely not built to compete like that.
I use a P-360 power amp and it is from 91 and looks and performs flawless and outperformed my "newer" Mcintosh amps. So that gives me a bit of courage to spend big on older Accuphase preamps.
Thoughts?
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