Mike P
Trade: Pickwell Audio
When I compared my STA15 to a friend's Stereo 20 the Radford was comfortably ahead.
I'm not going to get drawn into an in-depth comparison yet but I can already say that it's going to be a close call between my Leak ST20 and my Radford STA25. Based on my initial impressions they're fairly evenly matched overall.
We're talking about 40-60 year old amps here and condition is everything. All it would take is a knackered valve, a dried out cap or an out of spec resistor to easily swing the result one way or another.
Both of mine are fully rebuilt so it's a reasonably fair contest but if anything the Leak has a slight advantage because it is running a selection of the crème de la crème of NOS valves.
Both are lovely, which is all that really matters to me.
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