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  • LiamC
    Junior Member
    • Dec 2006
    • 1

    #1

    9xx vs 10xx

    Hi all,

    Been reading these forums for a while and just wanted to let everyone know the advice in here is fantastic. Enough sucking up on to the questions.

    I was curious as to how people thought the 985 and 991 stacked up against the 1075 and the 1080. I realise there have been a few threads on this but nothing recent and wanted to know if the age of these older amps is really begining to show or if people think theyre still a good buy. In my neighbourhood both of the 9xx models sell for around $400 cheaper than their older brothers, so obviously that makes for a nice saving but not if theres a huge compromise in quality due to age.

    So does anyone have any thoughts/opinions?
  • calmac
    Senior Member
    • May 2005
    • 110

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    Hi Liam, IMO the older gear is harder and brighter sounding than the 10 series stuff and therefore sounds less refined.
    Gordon

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