Recent content by OllieC

The remote control for my Leema Tucana II amp has decided to stop working - it has fresh batteries and the red light flashes when buttons are pressed, but nothing is happening. Wondering what my options are here - replace the remote? With what? Or get it repaired? Help appreciated!

I'm looking to get my first pair of high fidelity headphones. I have a Leema Tucana II amp (not the anniversary version) and can't for the life of me find the specs for the headphone amp section. That's what will be driving the headphones. Maximum budget is £600, but very happy to spend less...

Thought I’d check in with an update. I bought a 2nd hand MF M6i for £1k on eBay with 30 day returns. I swapped out the Arcam and in the daytime played a few well known tracks through the Bluesound Node. I was left feeing let down. Yes there was a bit more punch and bass presence, but some...

Another angle on this… not sure I really need an integrated amp. I have a separate streamer with DAC and a separate phono stage. Thoughts on separate pre and power amps as an alternative?

Thanks for all the responses. I think I’ll need to increase my budget to £1k and so shortlist now includes: Musical Fidelity M6i Primare i32 Musical Fidelity A5 The first two have listings that accept returns on eBay so will start there.

Thanks - do you know which SF speakers? Is there a thread on this?

Thanks for the responses - some interesting food for thoughts. In terms of sound improvements I’d like to make- I’d like to get more from the bass output - the SFs are a little light in that area, so an amp that can make the most of the bass. The sound also gets muddled on busy tracks and it...

I’m looking to upgrade an Arcam SA20 amp. It will be driving a pair of Sonus Faber Lumina 3 floorstanders. Sources are Bluesound Powernode and Rega Planar 3 (I have a separate phono stage). I want to buy 2nd hand and budget is £800. Thinking perhaps older models of classic amps with a fair bit...

So the amp has been fixed, picked it up today and all in working order. I took it into Sevenoaks and they eventually were able to replicate the fault, sent it off to Arcam and they replaced a faulty LS relay (not sure what that is). They couldn't hear a buzzing sound like I could, so they...

Aha! Yes the penny has now dropped with the switching of the issue to the other speaker by swapping the speaker cables. Thanks for that. I'm taking the amp into Sevenoaks this week and will nudge them for a replacement once they've assessed it, assuming that's where the problem lies.

What I don’t understand is, if the problem switches channels when I swap the speaker cables at the back of the amp, how is the amp at fault? Could it not be a faulty cable? If the amp was at fault, would it not be consistently the same channel at fault despite the cable used?

The speaker cable was switched just at the amp end. I’ll try different inputs on the amp just to be sure

Yeah TV comes via the Node to the Arcam. The problem persists with the turntable too. I’ve realised now that it’s only when I turn the volume up that the sound returns fully to the quiet channel.

A problem has reared it's head in my system, whereby after a period of inactivity (say 24 hours), I turn the system on and start to play either music or TV, and the sound is louder in one channel. The sound doesn't completely disappear from the quieter channel, but it is a very noticeable drop...

Thanks for the detailed advice. The speakers are sitting on IsoAcoustics pucks so they have separation from the cabinets - assume that’s the best I can do without getting speaker stands or wall mounts. It might be a trick of the camera but the speakers are ear level when sat down. The sub is...