Recent content by Fidelity dom

I personally use Spotify at 320 kbps, before adding streaming I spent an afternoon at our local hifi store demo room listening to both Spotify & Tidal via a primare i35. In the high end listening room yes I could occasionally hear a slight difference between the two streaming services & hi res...

SVS & REL both make great subs, SVS subs use class d amplification, whilst REL use class D in the HT series & AB in all the others. Sealed box subs tend to play tighter, whilst not reaching so low. I run an SVS sb1000 in both my systems & have found them to be a great addition. Like all things...

It sounds that you like the character of your amp & I don’t think your speakers should be particularly base light, in fact iam sure I’ve seen them reviewed when it was suggested that they could a little bloated if not placed carefully. They drop to 39hz so adding a sub will definatly fill out...

I think generally if you start the crossover at 10hz above the lowest frequency of your speakers & tweak from there you should be in the right area. There is a very helpful guide on the SVS website about setting up subs.

I own the quad s4 & personally love them, the ribbon tweeters are a joy. The s5 with its larger base drivers should have a bit more weight to the base, which could be a little light with the s4 (easily resolved with the addition of a sub). I have some kef r500s in my main system & with female...

Do you tend to crank the volume up when listening to Rock & Metal? Your amp is 45 watts into 8 ohms & speakers are 6 ohm rated with a minimum 4 ohm rating. I would guess that if you like to crank the volume the amp may be struggling to get the best from the speakers. The room may also be having...

That does sound like it is a problem with the unit, personally if it’s under warranty I’d definitely be taking it back, something as simple as an on off switch should work without fault. As I’ve mentioned using Spotify connect I’ve never had an issue with either of my devices dropping out. I...

Just wanted to say a big thank you for your thoughts & advice, really appreciated 😀

Yes I suspect we are not alone with this fault, IAG could of course offered a free repair as it was only just out of warranty, what was really annoying is shortly after purchasing my amp they started offering an extended warranty of three years & if I’d had that it would have been covered under...

Yeah I would be good if that were the source of the problem, but I suspect the issue is not actually with the LCD display but with the control of its function as the problem is intermittent. That is the annoying thing as it will be fine for weeks & then suddenly only halve the LCDs will be...

It is the price when the insured shipping is added to the cost just doesn’t make it worth sending for repair. I’ve primare kit that is going strong with no problems 10 years on & I expect to get many more years service from it. Sadly I don’t have that confidence with the Audiolab, I guess you...

Yes my 6000a play has the same issue, having thought I had failed LCD cells the display came back to life has worked for several months without fault & then suddenly has a partial failure again. It has been doing this for months now. It clearly is nothing to do with the LCD cells themselves &...

I’ve an Audiolab 6000a play driving quad s4 speakers (88db with an iimpedance of 6 ohms). I found the Audiolab fine when listening at low levels., but if I wanted to crank the volume it started to struggle. I added a Nord Accoustics NC (hypex) 252 power amp which delivers 200w at 6 ohms & now...

I’ve got a primare i22 no problems in 10 years of daily use, I’ve also a small Nord Accoustics hypex power amp again no problems. As others have said cooler running should help with longevity……😀

Hi I’ve an nc 252 power amp from Nord accoustics, great value for money. 150 watts into 8 ohm 250 watts into 4 ohm. Really helped to bring my small floorstanders (quad s4) to life. I was using an Audiolab 6000a play (50 watts into 8 ohm) & I always felt that I was missing something from my...