I currently use an old Peachtree Decco amp with built in DAC. I would like to upgrade to PS Audio gear but am not sure if the Sprout would be much of an upgrade. I would love to hear this board’s opinion. I have trouble justifying the cost of the Strata integrated and am wondering if there is anyth…

Jedi offered a couple great options. Didn’t realize used S300 are under $1k, so definitely consider if you can stretch the $$ to $900. As for what I would do, maybe get the Omega 7s in and live with them and your current system for a few weeks. Get to know what you like about it. Research and read …

Thank you Yes, I immediately felt welcome here and want to be part of it by owning PS audio gear Is it possible to set an alert on the PS for sale board for the s300?

You could add a WTB thread in the ‘for sale’ section. Also, it’s worth giving the PS Audio team a call as well to speak about their recommendations. I know they have trade in options on new S300 amps and it’s worth the call just to get all routes considered.

@wavendon As a general rule of thumb, you can get PS Audio gear for 30% off retail without too much strain thanks to the trade in program. I own the S300, and it is a very nice amp. Dual mono design, class A/D hybrid. But if I didn’t already own the S300, and if I was in a similar gear phase as …

Agree that Aegir (or two) is incredible value. Just be cognizant it is low power (20 wpc) so you need efficient and easy to drive speakers to get good results. Indeed, even class A/B amps at this price are rare these days, but Aegir is fricken class A! That is amazing. By contrast, PSA is class D…

I agree, the Aegir would require efficient speakers. In the YouTube review I linked, Ron tries them with quite a few speakers. Guttenberg ran the Aegir monos with Maggie 0.7’s, which are power hungry speakers. Obviously the best is mono-blocks. But the OP is using a fairly low wattage PeachTree …

Keep in mind Aegirs can only be run in mono on 8 Ohm loads - not 4 Ohm. And you could use two S300s as monoblocks if you have speakers that can be bi-wired.

It would be worth clarifying the 4 ohm question with Schiit. New Record Day did run monos into 4 ohm speakers and said it worked fine. And I misspoke before, Guttenberg ran the Aegir with the power hungry LS50’s, not the Maggie .7’s…

Guttenberg said regarding the Kef LS50s (relatively difficult load) that at low and normal volumes the Aegir sounded better than Vidar, but at high volumes Vidar was better. I think running monos in both cases but don’t quote me on that

Not much clarification needed. The amps are rated at 8 and 4 ohms stereo. That’s the same as 16 and 8 ohms mono. Any load under that and the amp is not guaranteed to not shut down.

A big gap in lineup?

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