Thanks for all the comments.
I was looking into the Plinius integrated amps.
I did enquire about a Hiato that was for sale, which was ex demo from a dealer.
(Not heard back ,but the unit was out on demo)
To me the output seems a lot ,but a recommended manufacturer.
When I bought the speakers the only amp the seller had at the time was a Class A 10w amp
To me It sounded very good hence my thinking.
With the Naim amp the volume control was always about 8 o'clock ,so not looking for high volume.
Not got the space now for for lots of boxes so the integrated is my option now.
Small Class D amps seem to have a lot of power and seem to double the power as the impedance drops.
Any views on these amps
Thanks
Graham
Hi, sorry, no experience of class d.
My own experience with Shahinian might help you.
Had Obs 1 with a NAP 250. Two problems, couldn’t hear what all the fuss was about from these ‘wonder’ speakers and the amp would frequently cut out. So moved them on.
Then went onto Arc 1’s. Much better, the sound was wonderful, but the amp still occasionally cut out, so tried a pair of NAP 135’s. Rather wonderful, so kept them for years.
Then a pair of Obs 2 came up for sale at what I consider a bit of a steal. They sounded good, but I couldn’t really hear any great difference to the Arcs. On some recordings, they were actually worse. And the bloody 135’s now started to cut out after years of faultless operation with the Arcs! This can’t be right, so I did a bit more research. I bought a power amp with the qualities I described in a previous post. Revelation. The most startling thing was the bass/passive unit. It was as if it was just turned off with the 135’s. It must of been doing something, as I had bass before, but not like this. A whole portion of the music that had been entirely missing before was now revealed. That first listening session with the new power amp was a long one. I’m not good with hifi speak, but I’ll attempt to describe the second difference. The music was deeper (front to back) and taller (top to bottom). But it was also wider, much wider, on some recordings sit up startlingly wider. Sounds seemed to be coming from everywhere. As the amp settled in to it’s new home, on good recordings, the speakers entirely disappeared. Finally, I could hear what all the fuss was about. Hope this helps, if I was in your shoes and you really want an integrated, I’d look for an Osiris.
