Recent content by Horn-loaded

I use my Metrum DAC more than any other input and this has balanced outputs as well as single-ended. So, to me, the balanced connection option on the S2200 amp was worth paying extra for. Plus, I got this for a good price due to distributor needing to shift stock in NZ.

My Rega Elicit has now been sold and my Vela 407's are now partnered with a Yamaha A-S2200 integrated. Similar power rating to the Rega, but the speakers have a lot more punch now. The Yamaha just seems to have better current delivery, and the speakers are now sounding like they did when I...

Yes I put it up for sale last night on the TradeMe auction site (NZ's own version of eBay). I want to be up front so added this disclaimer to my listing: Delivers 105 W per channel into 8 ohm loads (127 W into 6 ohm). NOT RECOMMENDED for 4 ohm speaker loads by the manufacturer or this seller...

At the risk of going off-topic, I am now very happy with the sound of my Vela 407's driven by a Yamaha AS-2200 integrated. This amp seems to have the current delivery these speakers need and doesn't seem to be working hard at all. The Elicit has been boxed up and put in a cupboard while I decide...

Now on my second Rega Planar 3 T/T (my first, bought late eighties, is on long-term loan to a friend) so I am a bit of a Rega fan-boy. I even have a copy of Roy Gandy's book. So I want to let a company I respect know about this problem with a product of theirs that I like. I even tried to...

Greetings from down under - Palmerston North, NZ. I have owned an Elicit Mk5 since April last year and initially used it to drive 8-ohm speakers, PSB Imagine T2 towers. Happy with the sound, and I preferred the sound to a Naim pre-power combo (ex my father) which I later sold. A year back I...