Recent content by jonbhoy67

I went from Focal standmounts to Proac Floorstanding speakers in a 5m x 4m room and there was a big jump in how the speakers were able to fill the room. Admittedly, the Proacs are far more capable speakers but I suspect the difference would also hold true in most cases of similar speakers.

I'm also very interested in this exact upgrade, Hawkwind. I have the Caspian m2 integrated alongside the caspian power amp, bi-amping my speakers (I don't worry about the 0.001s delay from the integrated to the power as I don't honestly believe it can possibly be noticed.) I recently upgraded...

So I've had the Blak side by side with the Caspian M2 for a full day now and have already decided the trade up is a no-brainer. Out of the box it was happy to get right into things without demanding the weeks of run in time that many others do to even sound passable. That said, 12 hours of...

Yeah, a demo would be ideal and I'll definitely arrange one through my local dealer. The complication is that I wouldn't be purchasing it from them because even though their offer on the Blak is pretty decent, I've had an offer to p/x my Caspian m2 plus £1500 for a brand new Blak elsewhere...

Update, I have now bi-amped using JPS Labs SCQ and the results are as good as I hoped for.

I have experience with both Primare and Roksan, though admittedly, with the older Primare CD22. I upgraded from this to the Roksan Caspian m2 and the improvement was monumental. I liked the Primare sound when I had it (along with the i22 amp) but the Roksan was better in every area. I realise...

I'm thinking about upgrading my Roksan Caspian m2 cd player to the Blak and wondered if anyone has experience with both for a comparison? I'm using Caspian m2 integrated and power amps to bi-amp Proac Response D20R speakers and use good quality JPS interconnects and speaker cable. If anyone...

So I managed to get JPS speaker cable matching my interconnects to try out in comparison to the Atlas Hyper 2.0. It sounded great but unfortunately one of the banana plugs is bent, so I'll be sending them back. Decided while I had another good cable here it would make sense to try out bi-amping...

Yeah, that's the plan 12th, I'll switch the cables around and see how it sounds. As for the power amp section within the integrated, my understanding is that it has to be switched off internally but I have no idea how to do it (or even if that is correct, tbh.) I certainly wouldn't want to be...

So I've had the power amp for a couple of weeks worth of listening now, with some very interesting (and surprising!)results. I was sent along a couple of free lengths of Atlas Hyper 1.5 to try out bi-amping. My current Hyper 2.0 is 2m in length but that wasn't of any concern, given that it...

I'm getting a 2 week trial of the power amp, so I'll share my thoughts after listening.

Great choice, Sophie. I would also like to second the advice of someone earlier in the thread: An excellent addition in future would be an Audioquest Dragonfly DAC to plug into your Macbook. It will give a substantial boost to the sound quality at a very reasonable price and is only the size of...

Several years (and thousands of pounds!) later and oh how right you were!!!

Hi guys, I'm wondering whether the addition of a Roksan Caspian m2 power amp will yield enough of an improvement in sound quality to justify the outlay. I have the Caspian m2 CD and integrated amp driving a pair of Proac Response D18. I do already love the sound as it is but I'm wondering if...