Questyle cma,twelve vs the Rest

Hi there,
I am considering getting a Questyle amplifier.
Unfortunately, I am undecided.
First I wanted the Cma400i, which is more of a fun amplifier.
The performance data are also little bit.
It would certainly be enough for a Denon Ah D7200 or Fostex Mahogany th x00.
But if I continue to like the scent, I plan to keep it without having to buy a new amplifier because the performance is not sufficient.
That’s why I came across the Cma600i.
Which in turn is no longer manufactured.
That would have appealed to me the most.
Now there is the Questyle Twelve series where it costs a little more.
And the master version with the ceramic board for even more money.
According to the test, there shouldn’t be such a big difference compared to the twelve and cma 600i, but yes, compared to the master version of the twelve.
Where do I end up saying twelve masters when the cma 600i is no longer available.

The question is whether it is really worth spending so much money in hand, or is there something cheaper.
I still want to stay warm.
Unfortunately, there are hardly any dealers to hear a sample to get an impression, and hardly any videos about the sound output.
What are your opinions on this?

I think it’s a good choice imo, it would offer a higher end amp and dac, while maintaining warmth, I really like what questyle stuff does to the sound, adds some flavor without really loosing anything.

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I Have the cma 600 and a cas 192 dac as my main dac. I really like the 600 but the usb input is imo borderline unusable, because if you play audio, after it was idle for some time there is a short pop, really anoying with speakers. Besides that I love it. It has a ton of power, with aryas and balanced Argons you will never touch the 12 a clock mark on the pot. Its very neutral, yet has a lot of slam and speed. I still “needed” a warm tubey tube amp to satisfy me, but thats not its fault. headphone and preout are always both on, the external hp amp switch is to switch between dac and analog input. Those are just things that surprised me.