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I will say that 'opinions' (temporal things at best) are something no one should really stick to in the first place concerning this field of Audio even if they are your own, they are most of the time subject to ones own interpretation circumstantially which may differ from another person and even your own may change given time, so in that light you may give the bloke some slack as well as yourself. I have found my own opinion to be a flawed law. The 'crown' has slipped, imo, a while ago now for traditional amps to some degree but not completely. I have an SMSL A0-300 here and to be honest the only thing I would do if I was an engineer is drop the RCA altogether forever. The coaxial input sound quality is head and shoulders above RCA as it is on most equipment these days and with dac chips like the Cirrus Logic, the upper tier Infineon chips, analogue may have been surpassed, again imo, especially on entry level amps, pre amps and streamers. It certainly has with the AO-300. The coaxial output is by far the cleanest and most detailed. I have found this to be the case with some Class A/B amps of late with built in Dacs too. Although I risk a contraction here I am glad I do still have an RCA on my AO-300 as using a AudioQuest Dragonfly Red from the PC with a 3.5mm jack to RCA goes into the amp quite conveniently and doesn’t sound too bad at all considering it’s quite an old ESS chip and not the highest tier either…

You're right about the current delivery, but they're not "digital amps" class D doesn't stand for "Digital"

I have the Loxjie-a40 which is basically the same with a phono section and I'm happy with it, it loses a bit of composure when pushed but at moderate listening levels it's great, the bass controll is fantastic compared to my previous class AB amp.

I thought shady pines burned down? 🤔 I've heard good things about that Atoll amp. Did you have the digital boards installed or go pure analogue?

No, just analogue, I don't need the DAC board or the phono stage, and I got a good deal on an open box unit. Hear one of these if you get the chance Martin, I'm hearing details from my fave music from the 70s/80s (CDs) that I've never heard before. It's like I have a new music collection! And as for the power... wow! At low volumes the amp is stunning too - you don't get that with the Chinese Class D amps, you have to crank up them to make them sound good. The Atoll In100 with your Lintons will be amazing, I'm sure! - R

Maybe, but would it drive it with quality as well ?

@@RanTausi this is another (critical) question :)

@@Fidelity_SoundStop spamming the exact same comment to different users you disagree with. It’s pathetic.

@@Fidelity_Sound Hi. There wasn't any invective in what I said, and I am at a loss as to why it generated such in your response. However, I acknowledge your prerogative. It was my observation regarding a change in Randy's output over time. This was not meant to be a pejorative remark; it was, again, my observation. I have watched Randy from the beginning when the fodder was invariably inexpensive equipment, and I presume that was why he decided to call himself 'cheap…'. He was a very welcome antidote to the numerous esoteric audio equipment reviewers who I think made many perpetually feel their equipment was possibly inadequate - and even, conceivably, pushed some people into a degree of unhealthy spending. I felt then and now, there was an absolute novelty in having a truly enjoyable audio system for such small amounts of money. It did not mean somebody could not afford more - the ‘'bang for buck’'enjoyment factor was the uniqueness.

@@Fidelity_SoundYour spamming this same comment to multiple users though, grow up. I’m guessing you’re one of the people who didn’t make it to the very end of this video 🤣

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I watched another Audio KZfaq salesman rave on about how great an amp was and that he's "keeping it for his 2nd setup it was that good" Then 3 weeks later in his comments section someone asked about it and he said "it's nothing special" I replied and said "you raved on about how great this amp is a few weeks ago in your review, now you've saying it's nothing special" Most of these Audio guys are full of crap