Recent content by Alberich

That is one gorgeous system! May it bring you many years of joy. Thanks for posting.

If you have the opportunity to demo a pair of Haydn Grand's I believe they could be what you're looking for. They certainly have that meaty midrange you're after, great with vocals, piano and violins, three specifics you mentioned.

Indeed. Have had the 8VS2 and Alpha10 at the same time, used to swap between the two fairly regularly and always craved an amp with a marriage of the two presentations. The speed, resolution and excitement of the Cyrus with the weight and texture of the Alpha.

Having the 8VS / 8VS2 Cyrus in a greasest of all time amplifier list is stretching it a bit :) Have owned the 8VS2 matched with many different speakers and personally love it but 'one of greatest of all time' ? I don't think so.

Double post.

Please get back with an update on how the Sugden gets on with them , many thanks.

Good skins. Total opposite to the Beta-mancaver. Probably tossed the wife out a long time ago when she told him the couch can't go in the sweet spot !

Another vote for Sugden - A21a. Been in production since 1989 and still going with the series 2. Gem of an amp.

LAWL

What's that **** even doing in the main lounge, shouldn't he be in his mancave !

Haven't been able to look at my Cyrus the same way from the day I realised all the internal components are upside down ! In all seriousness though I personally don't mind the shoebox look. If the savings that are made on the mass molding of those little chassis are invested in the internals...

I've never heard the c521i so I won't comment on it but have you actually heard any of the 'Bee' models ? I suspect not and as a consequence you're tarring all NADs CD players with the same brush. I've heard all the BEE CD series with various downstream components and prominent sibliance is...

Have you actually heard the C516bee ?

NAD have made some fine CD players. Particularly at budget level. The C515bee / C516bee / C545bee in particular. To say they've never made great sounding players is simply untrue.

Imo with those speakers and that amplifier you won't go wrong with the Nad C516BEE. I had it matched with the A19 for quite a while, with many mid range speakers, some with unruly treble, and one thing the NAD won't do is exasperate any unwanted brightness, which can be a curse at that end of...