Recent content by robhifi

Sure, I had 460 and you won't go wrong with 470. Regarding the heat, for reasons beyond me, Accuphase Class A is not "hot" in traditional sense. Still touchable. I used to have a KRELL 400i (class AB at 200w) and it was much much hotter.....untouchable. By the way, you live the UK and why...

I own ELAC 203.2 and 310IB. To me, ELAC has very fast, energetic and open kind of sound. Even very small sized ELAC (310) can do shocking volume and bass. But that's not what you would call "german sound". I heared Audio Physic and they sounded very much like Spendor. What HIFI hardly ever...

Macspur,just some thoughts from me regarding your upgrade,which I assume hasn't taken place yet. From your current 350 to the new offered 470, the only real difference is the power increase. ​But, do you really need more power with your Harbeth? I would actually give more thoughts to E600...

After all these years, it's great to see this Accuphase related post is still alive!

My room is similar to yours in size. My advice is getting a pair of mini monitors instead of compact floorstanders. Your room would very easily run into problems with floorstandrs especially sub $300 ones. In your small room, a pair of good bookshelf will give you everything that similar...

Biwire doesn't make any difference but bi-amp does. That's what I believe.

I really don't understand,as a European brand(Norway right?), why has HEGEL only been known in the UK recently. I thought about buying a Hegel H20 to drive my ATC Scm19 for a very long time(but got PRIMARE A32 instead). Hegel has a reputiaton of producing clean/straightforward and powerful...

I have a dedicated but small room (3x4 meters) and have always been in favour of small/bookshelf speakers. Out of all the small speakers I 've owned and still own(Elac 203.2, BMW 805S,EGGLESTON ISABLE,ATC SCM7 and SCM19,Proac tr8,Proac D2, Sonus faber Minima,AE1 etc etc), elac 310 is by the...

I am Chinese and I 've never heared this MarrioLa brand before here in China. By the way, it's a very funny name.

Hahaha sorry again but I still came back didn't I? The problem is, this forum is extremly slow to access here from China(Shanghai). The only reason I came back because I am using VPN now....that' right ,nothing gets blocked anymore!

Anatta,depends on what you mean by loud........ Pretty loud I guess, then again my room is small and I don't want to get my ears damaged. The meter almost never goes out of the 100% zone even when playing large scale symphonies. Sorry for the very late reply. I also bought a Primare A32 amp...

Thanks for the suggestion. P6100 is much much more expensive than a-35. Even here in China, it costs about 7k pounds. As you suggested, my next upgrade will most likely be the A-46. The only thing that troubles me is that, the cost of upgrading to A46(selling a-35 as second hand) is...

Mac, my point is, ATC needs current more than watts. Accuphase 460 is rated at 180w 8ohm, with 33,000 μFx2 capacitors. While A35, being only 30w 8ohm, has 47,000 μF x 2 capacitors. I did AB comparison of E460 and A35(using E460 as preamp) with scm 7, and found a35 to be more attractive...

I totally get your point Cno and grateful for your comments. So, I will stick to the current amp then if you think a AB amp will make little difference. Class A all the way, I will consider add another A35 for bi-amping and dual mono setup. When bridged, A35 becomes a 120w class A mono...

From my experience with Proac and SF, Proac is a little more detailed in the high freguency, just a little. If you are after "open" sound, both of them are "open" when feed with enough power/current. Between SF liuto tower and d18, I would go for Liuto. It's a full 3 way design with...