Hi, I have the option here in my shop (with u$5000-6000) to buy used
any of these amps:
MA7000
Accuphase E-550
Levinson 335 + Mark Levinson 380 S preamp

but i can not compares this. because separate stores.

I liked mc design but sonically is similar the quality ? or anothers
brands are best ?
I heard here that the Krell have a sound "cold" and accuphase lacks musicality

MA7000 have more detail in a sound than MA6900 or old MA6800 ?
Im sorry for my english

I would buy the MA7000 (if I went integrated again thats what I would buy). I have used/owned Mac integrated (2275, 275 x2, 501s, C220, C46) and, pre & power and owned Mark Levinson (336, 436s,390s). I have not heard Accuphase but the concern with that for me is it's 50 watts in Class A and you need to have the right speaker. I like the middle ground - smooth sound with some current or voltage behind it.

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What are you using for speakers? This should be taken into account.

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sonus F. Grand Piano

How about the LUXMAN... Class A would be nice with those speakers.

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Ive heard MA7000 with Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario, one of the best demo in my life. If I had the money at that time I would have bought those speakers. Got a very nice price. Someday maby

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MA7000 works good with this speakers ?
I have to read that this MA7000 have nearly
300W than 250w

Sonus Faber and McIntosh are very good match. The MA7000 is McIntosh's flagship integrated amp, it should sound great with the Grand Piano.

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I wouldn't worry about power ratings. The accuphase is seriously underrated and will drive almost any speaker. Sound and functionality would be more important.

I'm using a McIntosh MA7000 with a pair of Sonus Faber Guarneri Mementos and couldn't be happier. I tried others and I am very glad I settled on the MA7000. This amp has proven over and over that the McIntosh sound and Sonus Faber speakers are a very, very good match.

I owned Levinson gear for years, switched to Spectral in my "main system" and there was a vast improvement. (The last Levinson pre-amp I owned was the No. 32 - their. at that time, top of the line), and the Spectral pre-amp blew it away.

Now, I consider the MA7000 to be in somewhat the same league as the Spectral - and I use both is separate systems (see my "gear listings below)

Good luck. Personally, I would put the MA-7000 first, the Accuphase second and the Levinson a distant third - because the 380s is somewhat dated. I understand that current Levinson sounds better than old, but I haven't tried any since 2006. I did own an Accuphase integrated amp (E-408) several years ago and thought it a little two-dimensional, but it was a true work of beauty.

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MAIN SYSTEM: Avalon Eidolons and/or Audio Physic Caldera III Loudspeakers, Spectral DMC 30SL Preamp, Spectral DMA 250 Amp, Spectral/MIT interconnects and speaker cable, STAX SR-404 Signature Electrostatic Headphones, STAX SRM-727 Headphone Amp, Basis Debut V Vacuum turntable, Walker Precision Speed Controller, Graham tonearm, Graham Nightingale II Cartridge, PASS - X-ono Phono Stage, Esoteric Modified-X03 CD/SACD Player, Exact Power EP-15A & SP-15A power regeneration and conditioning devices. Symposium Acoustics Svelte pads & RollerBlock Jr's under speakers. ASC Tube Traps, Arcici Suspense Rack System


UPSTAIRS SYSTEM: Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento Speakers, JL Audio F112 Sub, McIntosh MA7000 Integrated Amplifier, McIntosh MVP871 Universal Disc Player, OPPO BDP-95 Blu-Ray Player, VPI Scoutmaster with periphery ring clamp, VPI SDS Motor Drive, Koetsu Pro IV cartridge, Mark Levinson No. 25s phono stage, Wadia 170i Transport with a Meridian Bitstream 203 DAC, VPI HW-17 Pro Record Cleaning Machine, Five Richard Gray RGPC 400 devices scattered around in the two systems, Arcici Suspense Rack System, Discovery Essence and Essential Cables, 14,000 ± LPs .