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shinchan45

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Posted: January 02, 2007 at 5:08 AM / IP Logged

Seeing as this is the only forum that I could find where people know about nak, I have a question. How does the PA-2004 compare to the van Gogh 500.4 in terms of SQ? Also do the specs of the PA-504 and the PA-2004 make them that much different, or one better than the other?

On a side note I am currently running a PA-504 and I love the SQ. I am just looking for more power.

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Posted: January 02, 2007 at 10:05 AM / IP Logged

Nakamichi amplifiers are generally much higher quality than anything from Soundstream. I'd take the PA-2004 any day of the week.

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Posted: January 02, 2007 at 10:55 AM / IP Logged

Funny comparison you have, as I own and use the Nak 2004 and my co-worker uses the Soundstream. We always argue about whose amp is better. His look a bit on the "bling-bling" side where the Nak is way more classy. The Nak was built by Zed, a reputable build house, they are responsible for some great amps in the past. I feel like the soundstream specs are bit questionable, but I have no way of proving this statement, it just happens that these amps were built during the time that soundstream was undergoing some changes, more towards the flahsy look era.

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shinchan45

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Posted: January 02, 2007 at 2:23 PM / IP Logged

Thanks for the response. The reason why I asked this question is I had owned a vga 500.4 previously, and ran them with infinity kappa's. I now have the Nak pa-504 and run them with CDT classics. I thought the VGA sounded good but the Nak sounded better. I am now wondering if it is the nak that made the difference or are the CDT's better than the Kappas?

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Posted: January 02, 2007 at 6:01 PM / IP Logged

The speakers themselves will make a bigger, more noticable difference in sound. The difference the amps make is usually undetectable to the untrained ear.

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