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Why am I not surprised!!! Well done, the CSA 100 is a beauty........so I take it the CSA28 is up for sale now??

WRT Copland CS 8............ only one way to find out how it sounds in your room, with your music and through your speakers.

Perhaps contacting the shop for their impression of the amp would be best, tell them your speakers, source & room set up etc

I’ve no experience with them, or what different types exist etc. However domestic electrical items require unbalanced AC supplies. Fuse protection ( which is a safety device) is normally only found on the line wire, not the neutral. Technically / legally from a safety perspective it’s not advisable ...

I can’t say I’ve compared the two amps you mention. Sound quality depends a lot on the synergy between the amp and speakers ( in my opinion). I’ve had a Primare power amp before, took a while to grow on me ( initial impressions were so so, nothing great going on here). But given enough time I was ve...

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...

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.

Celer........ The everything and the Nothing.

Ambient drone......... a most delightful album indeed.

[url]https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album ... ing.p//url]

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

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...

I believe the Copland CSA 100 is worth checking out.

Put that on your watchlist!