What component have you heard and straight away thought 'no way'

[divedeepdog]

Audiolab 8000a

Naim HiCap, switched in place of a TPR'd SNAPS

 

[YNWOAN]

Naim HiCap, switched in place of a TPR'd SNAPS

I've got both but have never compared them. Must have a go now that my Snaps is no longer required for my phonostage.

 

[linnfomaniac83]

I remember going to the dealer launch of Linns Isobaric replacements ,Keltiks.

I ( and a good few others on the night) thought they were epically awful.

I'm not sure that Linn have manage to make a flagship loudspeaker since then that has been worth the asking price.

The first versions were a little weak, the aktiv box that came with them let them down IMO, also there were drive unit improvements that improved them further.

They also needed klouts as a minimum to really get them going otherwise they were dull, slow and boomy.

I have keltiks with the lastest drive units with klimax amps and crossovers, I won't be parting with them any time soon.

 

[Nic P]

The first versions were a little weak, the aktiv box that came with them let them down IMO, also there were drive unit improvements that improved them further.

They also needed klouts as a minimum to really get them going otherwise they were dull, slow and boomy.

I have keltiks with the lastest drive units with klimax amps and crossovers, I won't be parting with them any time soon.

I think we often forget that we should always talk about amp/speaker combinations. Someone else mentioned Wilson Benesch Arcs ... without the right amplification they can sound very dull, but with the right amp IMO they come alive.

Nic P

 

[Ptah]

Quad 21L or something floorstanders.

 

[MikeMA]

Naim stuff, mostly

 

[Spiderous]

AT OC9. Like Robert Shaws finger nails down the blackboard in Jaws, to my ears at least.

 

[martin clark]

The Wilson Benesch / Chord room every year at Bristol show, until I learned to ignore the hifi, indeed the whole show, and have the same close bunch of friends meet for a bar crawl in Bristol on the day instead.

It's a lot more fun and sounds better, too.

 

[john duncan]

I think we often forget that we should always talk about amp/speaker combinations. Someone else mentioned Wilson Benesch Arcs ... without the right amplification they can sound very dull, but with the right amp IMO they come alive.

Nic P

In which case, that kind of leaves:

AVI ADM9.1T

 

[Laurie Saunders]

The Linn Intek....what a bag of nails that was

laurie

 

[linnfomaniac83]

The Linn Intek....what a bag of nails that was

laurie

The pretek and powertek were pretty ropey too, massively bettered by the majik which came along shortly afterwards.

 

[terrycym]

PMC speakers
McIntosh solid state
Magneplaner speakers
Bryston amps
Linn anything
Bose

 

[dweezil]

One blind date i went on.

Sounded like she'd been chain smoking for 30 years.

 

[Taff63]

Naim CD3. Connected up to a Nait 1 and it was awfully harsh. I swapped it for an Arcam Alpha which I kept until it died.

 

[muzzer]

Naim 555 system.
It cost how much? no way.

 

[badger748]

Class D or Class AD amplifiers

Mayware tonearms

 

[TheDecameron]

PMC speakers
McIntosh solid state
Magneplaner speakers
Bryston amps
Linn anything
Bose

Thats quite a list Terry, what was it about them that struck you immediately on hearing them?

 

[Purité Audio]

Remember you are mostly listening to the room, audition components in your own system in your own room.
Keith.

 

[Peter Stockwell]

Isobariks

 

[aquapiranha]

The Linn Intek....what a bag of nails that was

laurie

I remember wwe had one pn dem and it was terrible.