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I purchased the 866. Its a very musical integrated which is extraordinarily easy to operate and listen to. Hoping my wife will listen more now. Flipping on 5 boxes vs picking up her ipad. A very musical and versatile amplifier and, within reason of course, I wasnt constrained within a given price range. Sound came first (and Im a tube lover for decades and I still have a couple of tube based systems), then features and then convenience. All boxes checked. Good luck to all.
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Very cool, congratulations.
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Congrats, indeed. Is one of those designs that almost 'shocks' one, then slowly 'grows' aesthetically.
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Loaded version, i wanted the ability to casually stream to the internal dac. Surprisingly good. I was biased against the sound quality of an internal dac. I was wrong, its very good. I still have a three piece digital rig but I dont turn it on every day now....
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Wilson Sasha ii in this system. The heat sinks work well, its never more than warm to the touch in a well ventilated purpose built console style cabinet, even after a spirited listening session.
Each day I am more impressed, especially with the dac section. I will soon be testing the dac via the digital outs from an Aqua Linq. I await the arrival of a new aes/ebu 110 ohm digital cable. |
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A lot of raves on the Boulder Facebook on the new Boulder 866 Integrated amp!
This could the amp you buy and keep for life! https://www.facebook.com/pg/BoulderAmplifiers/posts/ Here's the Boulder 866 amp with the new Magico A5 speakers! WOW! very clean Uncolored Sound !.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGRVc2waFDk Last edited by Rick721; 06-09-2020 at 11:40 PM. |
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A firmware update just came out from Boulder and loaded without a hitch. It is now a Roon endpoint, seamlessly integrated. Volume and power on-off from within the Roon app. Just the way a high end product and support should work.
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If I was in the market for an integrated amp this would be at the top of my list. Looks like an amazing unit, Enjoy!
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