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- Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:22 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 2847
Re: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
Perhaps the Bryson power amp with a nice preamp might be worth a go? I suppose the beauty of a pre / power set up is that it allows flexibility wrt box swapping. WRT class A, the extra running costs, one has to remember that Class A amps generally run at 30 watts or less. So although they run ineffi...
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:38 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 2847
Re: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
Interesting write up there, certainly have done the rounds!! But did you try a Primare???? Hahahaha...
Perhaps a McIntosh 252 might float the boat?
TBH if you’re keeping the speakers then you are really looking for a certain synergy between the amp & speakers.
Perhaps a McIntosh 252 might float the boat?
TBH if you’re keeping the speakers then you are really looking for a certain synergy between the amp & speakers.
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:19 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Electronica - what are you listening to?
- Replies: 1549
- Views: 81842
Re: Electronica - what are you listening to?
Celer........ The everything and the Nothing.
Ambient drone......... a most delightful album indeed.
[url]https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album ... ing.p//url]
Ambient drone......... a most delightful album indeed.
[url]https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album ... ing.p//url]
- Sun Mar 21, 2021 5:06 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 2847
Re: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
I spoke to Ivan recently, he mentioned a new speaker called the Magnepan LRS, which for approx 1200e is giving box speakers a very serious run for their money.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/ma ... dspeaker-0
https://www.stereophile.com/content/ma ... dspeaker-0
- Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:37 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 2847
Re: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
Sugden have a long long pedigree and take considerable pride in their products. The A21SE has much bigger heat sinks than the A21 Signature (24 watts), so yes it will run hot, but not as hot as it's heat sinks are vertical and bigger. Whilst bigger electricity bills may be in the post, heating bills...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:00 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 2847
Re: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
I believe the Copland CSA 100 is worth checking out.
Put that on your watchlist!
Put that on your watchlist!
Re: Brexit
I was checking out some whiskey / whisky recently and I see the "whisky exchange" and "masters of malt" have suspended shipments to the E.U. due to the level of uncertainty with customs. Hard to believe a bottle of Scotch is finding it hard to gain entry. I'm currently awaiting s...
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:10 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Phono stages
- Replies: 16
- Views: 782
Re: Phono stages
I've heard very good reports about the Arcam rPhono...... I'm not sure if it is still in production / available? But it got very good reviews and Cloney's were selling them at one stage. In addition it was not crazy money. Other phono stages to consider might be Musical fidelity, Project Audio etc. ...
- Tue Mar 09, 2021 11:27 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: One for the vinyl heads
- Replies: 11
- Views: 523
Re: One for the vinyl heads
500 quid........ is a fair bit of money I suppose. However I think it really comes down to "is the cart going to be used"? Either by you or somebody else? If it's not going to be used, just put in a drawer etc, then IMO there's no point. On the other hand if your going to get it into servi...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:25 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 2847
Re: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
There’s a Primare A30.1 integrated in Cloney’s. I did have a 30.2 power amp recently, it did take a little while for it “grow” on me but it was (is) a very good amplifier. It had a slightly different sound, kinda clinical but allowed a Crystal transparency to the music too. At low volumes it raised ...