Bryston BP-17^3 or McIntosh C49??
Assuming we survive the current crisis, a room update is in order. Will be adding furniture from Atocha Design (on order), and upgrading various components. One will be a pre-amp; sticking with Bryston amplifiers in all cases.
So:
Option 1: BP-17 cubed, with installed phono card and external Chord DAC, likely Qutest. Stay in the Bryston family, not too terrible.
Option 2: Mcintosh C-49 (opt for version II DAC card??)
McIntosh look is iconic, the amp will not be visible; Bryston performance is top-notch.
The McIntosh offers more features and has far more inputs then we would ever use.
I do plan on using ROON, which may favor the McIntosh.
This is two channel only, visual media in another spot.
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Main - Roon on Synology/Sonos Port/SoTM Neo endpoints; Chord Qutest, Bryston BP-17 cubed with phono option; EAT C-sharp with Ortofon Bronze MM, Bryston cubed Amplifier; Revel F126Be on custom Atocha stands; interconnects by WireWorld, furniture by Atocha Design 'Phones Audeze LCD-3, Bryston BHA-1; Office: Sonos/Roon; OPPO HA-1, Naim NAP100 and PSB Mini-C. Media Room:, Samsung QLED QN90 series, Sonos, OPPO 205, ATI N-core driving KEF LS-50's with REL subs; furniture by Glassisimo; Kids - U-turn for vinyl, Sonos Play5; Summer Shack - Sonos, vintage Pioneer, Dynaudio Special 40's.
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