Hi Dave and thank you for the warm welcome! I've been lurking around here for while and really appreciate the experience from all contributors.
I'm using the LS27 as a pre, and DS450M's for power amps. Would have loved a Ref 5 as a pre but the damage to the wallet was a wee bit too much! The combo I've chosen has a nice balance, I'm happy, and the control over the Amati's was superb (less about the gear and more about the speaker). Like mentioned previously, we threw some brutal recordings at them and they lapped it up with ease and communicated what I know was in the recording precisely. That's important to me.
To boost dynamics, I'm using a Bryston BDA-3 DAC. Turntable is a Rega RP8.
My 'B' system consists of Manley Labs pre and power and the Mythos ST's with a NAD M51 DAC. Love that system for messing around and digging in the crates.
My favourite component in all of this is definitely the Sonus Faber Amati Futura's. They are interstellar!
