New competition for PS Audio S300?!

I've been following the recent posts regarding PS Audio's S300/700 amps.

My dream amp (within reason) remains the Parasound A21(+) but with all the good reviews the S300 has gotten, one might be tempted to try a more efficient alternative.

Now comes this:

https://www.purifi-audio.com/eigentakt/

With Bruno Putzeys as cofounder (and some other heavy hitters from up North) it looks to be promising.
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Comments

  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    Are they just building the amp module, or, are they also building a complete amp with signal stage, etc?
  • gyosa
    gyosa Posts: 675
    I’ve only had my S300 for a few days now and have been letting it run 24/7 for the last 2 days to break it in ...

    My initial impression is that , so far , it compares very favorably to my A21 ....
    Granted , I haven’t done a direct comparison , A21 vs S300 with the Salks yet , but so far I’m impressed ....

    My A21 was purchased from the original owner -amp was 2 years old - for $1200 ...
    So , what’s better , a $1200 A21 or a $1000 S300 ?
    Keep in mind the Salks are a 4 ohm speaker - so S300 is 300 watts at 4 ohms vs A21 400 watts at 4 ohms ...
    We shall see .....


    Bk

    I've been following the recent posts regarding PS Audio's S300/700 amps.

    My dream amp (within reason) remains the Parasound A21(+) but with all the good reviews the S300 has gotten, one might be tempted to try a more efficient alternative.

    Now comes this:

    https://www.purifi-audio.com/eigentakt/

    With Bruno Putzeys as cofounder (and some other heavy hitters from up North) it looks to be promising.

    Parasound A21 , Yamaha wxc-50 , Polk SDA 1c’s ( my first love .. ) , Kimber Kable 4TC, Sony 42” - BEDROOM

    B&K EX-442 ( it will go in my casket when I die ... ) , PS Audio 4.6 preamp ( old school , but it still jams on ... ) , Yamaha wxc-50 , Boston Acoustic voyager 7’s - POOL

    PS Audio Stellar S300 , Eversolo DMP-A8 , Yamaha wxc-50 , Kimber Kable 4vs , Salk Supercharged Song towers ( difficult choice between these and my family if I had to choose ... 😩 ) , Sony XBR-A8F 65” OLED - DEN , MAIN RIG

    Cambridge Audio 851n - sitting in the closet , for now

    Onkyo TX-nr609 , Polk atrium 7 , Boston acoustic sound ware (4) , Boston acoustic sub , B&W center , Sharp 65” TV - PATIO

    DAYENS AMPINO ( thanks Verb ! ) , KEiiD streamer ( this was only 60 bucks ?? ) , Polk atrium 8SDi’s - KID’s BEDROOM