[RRB]

Hi Friends,
This is my first post on this forum. I am stuck between a choice and I just hope that I get some info out here.

I am currently planning to buy a Plinius SA-102. I love the Plinius sound.
But a friend of mine has also recommended a Moscode 401HR which I have never auditioned anywhere and dont have the scope to listen anywhere. I am using a Dyanudio Contour 1.3SE. If anyone has any kind of experience with these two amps please share your opinion and please feel free to suggest between the two.

regards
RRB

[Rocket]

Hi,

Sorry I haven't heard either amplifiers.  You really need to judge this for yourself and listen to an amplifier in your system.  Trust your own ears.

Regards

Rod

[AliG]

Buy what you have already listened and liked. Never marry a 'stranger' 

[Big Red Machine]

The Moscode is a nice amp but I'd go with the Plinius this time around.

[Cacophonix]

I haven't heard the moscode, but plinius makes sweet sweet sound! Wish i could afford it.

[arthurs]

The Moscode is a nice amp as stated here....but your key phrase to me?  "I love the Plinius sound" there's your call right there....

[Big Red Machine]

I'll pile on once again.  I have found out that I prefer a very detailed (not fatiguing) sound over a warmer, lusher sound.  I want to be sure all the sounds come through and if I choose to, I can throttle that back through cabling or perhaps some tube rolling if the equipment handles it.  So if you like what a Plinius gives you then you should go there immediately.  Only not with the Moscode was a slight tubbiness to the bass and it absolutely rolled off the highs.  I'm in the camp now that tubed pre and SS amp is a great methodology.

[bpape]

I'm in the camp now that tubed pre and SS amp is a great methodology.

 

[twitch54]

I've owned the SA-102 for over two years, it has been mated to a ARC LS-26. IMO, it is one of the nices tube /  SS combinations around.

The beauty of the SA-102 is that it is switchable with respect to its bias (A vs A/B) on the fly.

The mere fact that not that many come up on the "Gon" and when they do they don't last long, that should tell you something.

[Wind Chaser]

Try to audition them both in your home.  Then and only then will YOU KNOW what works best in your system.  Buying a piece of gear shouldn't be a crap shoot or matter of someone else's opinion.

[Imperial]

The Dyn's are somewhat fond of current... I'd go with a Plin' if It was to drive one of their monitors.
Especially one of the 1.3 SE's !!!

Imperial

[arthurs]

Try to audition them both in your home.  Then and only then will YOU KNOW what works best in your system.  Buying a piece of gear shouldn't be a crap shoot or matter of someone else's opinion.

Moscode does have an audition policy