Recent content by Patcam

Old thread but just seen it... My very first system purchased from Thomas Heinitz in Moscow Road London W2 in 1974, was a pair of B&W D5's, aTrio 2002a amplifier and a Pioneer PL12D with Shure M55E. I have never been so satisfied with a system. It was only when getting hooked by the magazines of...

Amazing that everyone finds such differences in sound between these various amps when every Harbeth owner knows they all sound the same....

Seriously though, having lived through the seventies and all the hate, fear, divisiveness and loss of life, and then the beginnings of a truce and finally a rub along understanding and a semblance of balance - why now should any sane leader want to jeopardise that... it can't lead to any good...

Some of us have long memories...perhaps the first syllable of my name indicates my background...I ain't no friend of any Paisleys. This is surely a desperate attempt at holding on to power that borders on the indecent.

Although roughly double your £2k budget? Are they really that much cheaper in Japan? I'll have to take a trip!

I'd go further and suggest 12-15'' stands and move them out into the room a bit if you can. They like a bit of space.

That's impossible....we all know every amplifier sounds the same...

Do not ditch the Nytech. It can be brought back to spec for a quite a bit less than £200. And it wont depreciate. I'd love to have a pair of LS3/5a's with that set up in that space...maybe you could start saving!

Not to derail the thread but the whole Damien Hirst thing has some relevance to Hifi....upmarket and expensive Hifi that costs a fortune looks outlandish and doesn't sound any better than equipment a 10th of the price. As Hirst himself said before he became famous "I can’t wait to get into a...

Interest piqued, I looked up reviews of the A21a Series 2 and it seems the "house' sound is still very much there. The Signature models are just released and would be very interesting to know how they sound.

No, and I have to say not heard a series 2...has there been a marked change?

I'll just nick in here as a long term owner and admirer of Sugdens past, before going the Naim way...if you never heard another amp the Sugden sound is beguilingly euphonic with surprising push at the bottom...however it's push not punch and euphony not attack. They do sound slower than your...

Psychologically a physically massive amp with huge dominant VU meters does wonders for the perception of the sound. I once did hear the aforementioned Technics SE-A3 with a pair of common or garden KEF 104.2's (it was switched in after a perfectly adequate Musical Fidelity of some kind) and the...