Recent content by nevalti

This is a fairly old thread but I thought it was worth updating because things have moved on. Firstly, I agree that Bel Canto can sound excellent in the right set up. HISTORY 1: Having tried many amps over the years I settled on valve amps as they sound significantly better that every Class B...

Having re-read my earlier post about the excellent Musaic MPL, I notice that one comment was perhaps a little misleading in one respect. Although I can find no Windows App to control the MPL, nor indeed any Allplay products, you can easily send music to it from Windows 10 using the common or...

I have been using MPLs for a few months now and really cannot fault the sound. In my main listening room I use Digital Out into my Benchmark DAC2 and a top notch hifi system and am delighted with how good it sounds. This combination easily matches mega expensive L*** & N*** streamers. The built...

Thank you gentlemen. I must get around to auditioning one. I am currently playing through a Musaic MPL which is very good but the app is frustrating as it will only accept a single track into a queue rather than a whole album or folder. By the way, I have already removed the SI 994s OpAmps from...

Ah, two of you to ask about Linn Streamers, if no one minds me briefly straying off topic. I have been VERY reluctant to go for Linn, or Naim, as I am very happy with my Benchmark DAC2 which is still the best DAC I have heard. With Linn I presume one is paying mainly for a nice box and the...

It just occurred to me Pedro2 - if you are anywhere near Romsey I would be happy to help and, if you are quick, I may even be persuaded to lend you my Sparkos for a week or two.

Changing op amps is very easy, I can do it in about 5 minutes now but my first swap took me 15 minutes - which was mainly trepidation. If you are even moderately 'mechanically minded' you should not have a problem. The op amps have two rows of pins which simply need to be pushed into a socket...

My comments are based upon using a Benchmark DAC2 and PMC OB1i speakers in a 20’ x 13’ room. Before the Nords I was mainly using a Bryston 4B SST (£3,000 ish) and sometimes an AVC KT88 triode connected valve amp (£1,400 and superb for the price). I bought my pair of Nord 500MB Ups fitted...

To KLH007 et al: If you would like to send me some recommended Op-Amps, I will try them with pleasure and post a review here. In fact if anyone lives near Romsey I would be happy to consider a joint audition. Supplement to my review: One of my Nords has developed a minor problem that I really...

The speakers I heard with the Atsahs, at HiFi Hanger, were Eminent Technology LFT-8B hybrids. They were mighty impressive in that they (mostly) aurally disappeared and didn't impose their own sound on the music. I think that they are a bargain at only £2,500. I owned some Martin Logan Aerius(i)...

I've had a pair of Nord NC500 MB monoblocks for about 7 weeks now and thought it may help to share my experience. I had been using a Benchmark DAC2 and Bryston 4B SST driving PMC OB1i speakers. This is all pretty good, mainstream stuff, but I felt that the Bryston was a tad 'hard' and...