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Avondale SE200 Announcement on FB

Goodnight. Does anyone have any news about the Se200 in voyager mode, or in another configuration that has increased the audio quality? Thanks.
 
L_Santos said:
Goodnight. Does anyone have any news about the Se200 in voyager mode, or in another configuration that has increased the audio quality? Thanks.
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Why don't you give it a try and let us know your findings / thoughts. I suspect there will be a lift in SQ but at what cost. Extra transformer/s,PSU and regulators. I believe this would out weigh the cost difference between the SE200 and the AA installed SE230.

The SE230 is a very special amp IMO. It has a fluidity and musicality to its presentation compared to the SE200. Now Im not saying the SE200 is lacking in SQ in any way, it's just that the SE230 does everything with finesse in comparison, without FE regs !!.
 
laverda said:
Im not saying the SE200 is lacking in SQ in any way, it's just that the SE230 does everything with finesse in comparison, without FE regs !!.
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I note that the Hamnett installed SE400 Monoblocks *do* include a separate FE power supply, although there's no obvious regulation.

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bugbear said:
I note that the Hamnett installed SE400 Monoblocks *do* include a separate FE power supply, although there's no obvious regulation.

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The FE regulation is on the SE400 board.
 
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laverda said:
Why don't you give it a try and let us know your findings / thoughts. I suspect there will be a lift in SQ but at what cost. Extra transformer/s,PSU and regulators. I believe this would out weigh the cost difference between the SE200 and the AA installed SE230.

The SE230 is a very special amp IMO. It has a fluidity and musicality to its presentation compared to the SE200. Now Im not saying the SE200 is lacking in SQ in any way, it's just that the SE230 does everything with finesse in comparison, without FE regs !!.
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Goodnight. Thank you so much for your answer. I understood that the sound of the SE200 couldn't come close to the sound of the SE230.
 
I have been running the venerable (and still excellent) NCC200 in a dual mono S100 type configuration for many years.

Interested in these SE modules and wondered if anyone who has done a similar upgrade might comment on whether there is more bass weight/warmth with the SEs?

My only criticisms of the NCC200 after many years of enjoyment are a slight dryness/artificiality in the lower mids, a little glassy/edgy sometimes on bells and piccolos and cymbals. Bass is very fast and clear but just a little lean and hollow.

If the SEs improve any of these, it would be a big bonus.
 
3dit0r said:
I have been running the venerable (and still excellent) NCC200 in a dual mono S100 type configuration for many years.

Interested in these SE modules and wondered if anyone who has done a similar upgrade might comment on whether there is more bass weight/warmth with the SEs?

My only criticisms of the NCC200 after many years of enjoyment are a slight dryness/artificiality in the lower mids, a little glassy/edgy sometimes on bells and piccolos and cymbals. Bass is very fast and clear but just a little lean and hollow.

If the SEs improve any of these, it would be a big bonus.
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The SE200's outperform the NCC200's hands down.

Regards

Richard
 
Richard Lines said:
The SE200's outperform the NCC200's hands down.

Regards

Richard
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Thank you. Do you have any specific thoughts about the above, e.g., more bass weight, etc? I only ask as people have different ideas about what a blanket term like outperform means… I don’t need more detail, but more balanced, natural, flowing, liquid, warm… for want of better terms.
 
The NCC200 is a great little amp, but any of the other entries in the Avondale lineup show it up in all respects. Apply any adjective that you want. ;)
 
I’m sure they are much better all round. I guess what I’m asking is: is the (in my experience) slightly lean balance fixed?

I’m driving Harbeth’s, and they respond well to amps which have a pretty healthy bass response.
 
The power supply and the grounding scheme have a significant effect on the bass performance of the amp.
Ask Naim 😜
 
3dit0r said:
I’m sure they are much better all round. I guess what I’m asking is: is the (in my experience) slightly lean balance fixed?

I’m driving Harbeth’s, and they respond well to amps which have a pretty healthy bass response.
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Yes, I would say that the NCC200 is the leanest of Avondale's amps. All the rest add weight and confidence to the sound. The notes have more body. Bass has more slam and definition, etc.
 
3dit0r said:
Thank you. Do you have any specific thoughts about the above, e.g., more bass weight, etc? I only ask as people have different ideas about what a blanket term like outperform means… I don’t need more detail, but more balanced, natural, flowing, liquid, warm… for want of better terms.
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There is more detail, more openness and more 'musicality' - I don't think anybody who has heard the SE200 who would want to go back to a NCC200 based device.

Regards

Richard
 
If you get the opportunity (and I appreciate this might be difficult to organise) you should try both these amps with your speakers. That is obviously the acid test.
 
Absolutely. I wouldn’t normally even ask about sound quality on a forum as it’s all so subjective, equipment and room dependent, and hard to convey. But where Avondale aren’t in dealerships, it’s very hard to do a comparative, or home, demo before buying…
 
3dit0r said:
Absolutely. I wouldn’t normally even ask about sound quality on a forum as it’s all so subjective, equipment and room dependent, and hard to convey. But where Avondale aren’t in dealerships, it’s very hard to do a comparative, or home, demo before buying…
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Les is very generous in terms of sale or return
 
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