Buckeye Amps vs Apollon vs VTV for Multichannel – Which One for My 7.2.4 KEF Setup?

[oldtexasdog]

No that was meant for chezterarm as he looked sold on trying to get a "tube" sound out of a very clean Class D amp.
As to the AC in and out it looks a bit weird, my guess they are signal out and in connections. AC coupled means that any DC inputs or outputs is blocked.
bit weird, my bet is those are signal in and signal out connections. AC coupled means that any DC on the inputs or outputs is blocked.
Usually, signal inputs and/or outputs are assumed to be AC coupled. Sometimes they are labeled DC coupled which means the DC is not blocked.
I for one would believe a question to the manufacturer would be the way to solve this.

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[Golfx]

Your choice of the three is easy. Choose Buckeye, If someone is trying to upsell you to a different opamp for warmth they are doing it strictly for their profit with no audible improvement for you.
I have an apollon. It was an exhaustively slow frustrating experience.

 

[Billy Budapest]

No that was meant for chezterarm as he looked sold on trying to get a "tube" sound out of a very clean Class D amp.
As to the AC in and out it looks a bit weird, my guess they are signal out and in connections. AC coupled means that any DC inputs or outputs is blocked.
bit weird, my bet is those are signal in and signal out connections. AC coupled means that any DC on the inputs or outputs is blocked.
Usually, signal inputs and/or outputs are assumed to be AC coupled. Sometimes they are labeled DC coupled which means the DC is not blocked.
I for one would believe a question to the manufacturer would be the way to solve this.

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I just recalled the Oppo BDP-95’s outputs were DC-coupled and for the BDP-105, the circuit design was switched to them being AC-coupled. My understand is that blocking DC might result in better noise and distortion performance but would degrade frequency response. Trying to understand why one would be picked over the other. Thanks!