Icon Audio ST40

[plastic penguin]

Had the Brio on most of today - its good but the ST40 is soo much nicer, smoother, detailed, tighter on bass, better imaging so I have duly bought one - 5-7 days for delivery.

So? You haven't answered my original question. The Icon is better than the Brio but how does the imaging, soundstage, detail, bass control compare with the Elicit-R?

 

[stevebrock]

Had the Brio on most of today - its good but the ST40 is soo much nicer, smoother, detailed, tighter on bass, better imaging so I have duly bought one - 5-7 days for delivery.

So? You haven't answered my original question. The Icon is better than the Brio but how does the imaging, soundstage, detail, bass control compare with the Elicit-R?

dunno mate cant remember now - the last few elicits were just spent trying to find fault with it.

elicit not quite as smooth

 

[plastic penguin]

Had the Brio on most of today - its good but the ST40 is soo much nicer, smoother, detailed, tighter on bass, better imaging so I have duly bought one - 5-7 days for delivery.

So? You haven't answered my original question. The Icon is better than the Brio but how does the imaging, soundstage, detail, bass control compare with the Elicit-R?

dunno mate cant remember now

Mmmm.... :?

Would be very interesting to hear the two together.

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

Had the Brio on most of today - its good but the ST40 is soo much nicer, smoother, detailed, tighter on bass, better imaging so I have duly bought one - 5-7 days for delivery.

So? You haven't answered my original question. The Icon is better than the Brio but how does the imaging, soundstage, detail, bass control compare with the Elicit-R?

dunno mate cant remember now

Mmmm.... :?

Would be very interesting to hear the two together.

PP, Steve had to give up on Rega Elicit R, let the man have some fun...

 

[plastic penguin]

Had the Brio on most of today - its good but the ST40 is soo much nicer, smoother, detailed, tighter on bass, better imaging so I have duly bought one - 5-7 days for delivery.

So? You haven't answered my original question. The Icon is better than the Brio but how does the imaging, soundstage, detail, bass control compare with the Elicit-R?

dunno mate cant remember now

Mmmm.... :?

Would be very interesting to hear the two together.

PP, Steve had to give up on Rega Elicit R, let the man have some fun...

Yup he did. But comparing a £500 with a £1500 amp (approx) is hardly fair, especially when my first question about the Elicit was ignored and the second was "can't remember now". That sounds pretty lame, but if I was to change there'd be those who would ask the same question.

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

Had the Brio on most of today - its good but the ST40 is soo much nicer, smoother, detailed, tighter on bass, better imaging so I have duly bought one - 5-7 days for delivery.

So? You haven't answered my original question. The Icon is better than the Brio but how does the imaging, soundstage, detail, bass control compare with the Elicit-R?

dunno mate cant remember now

Mmmm.... :?

Would be very interesting to hear the two together.

PP, Steve had to give up on Rega Elicit R, let the man have some fun...

Yup he did. But comparing a £500 with a £1500 amp (approx) is hardly fair, especially when my first question about the Elicit was ignored and the second was "can't remember now". That sounds pretty lame, but if I was to change there'd be those who would ask the same question.

you got a point there!

i've demo the Elicit R in my home for 3/4 days and took it back to my Rega dealer, i wanted so much to like the Elicit R but the sound sign was so far off the Brio R, to bright (NOT Arsh) for my ears and with my Dyns, the Elicit R with the RS5 and RP8 sound soooooo good...! But with digital contend the brightness is to evident even with the RS5.

this amp need special attention in speaker pairing, all do, but Elicit R need extra attention to it.

i think with the ST40 Steve found the natural sound of valves giving him relaxed loog listening sessions...

 

[floyd droid]

and the second was "can't remember now". That sounds pretty lame,

I disagree, so he answers your request from memory does he ?. Ruddy sure I couldnt do that either.

 

[stevebrock]

PP,

The Elicit was transparent, detailed etc etc i loved it - but that love went sour

The Brio was purely a stop gap

The Icon Audio ST40 is as transparent and detailed as the Elicit, however I found it smoother - No PP not warm, mushy shite - The ST40 is transparent (I will be able to do tweaks to my TT and hear them), also the ST40 has drive, timing, great imaging blah blah - I can't fault it

It is the nicest sounding amp out of the 3 and yes of course the Icon will kill the Brio, probably most trannie amps under £2k too

PP why not go an listen to one?

And as for being lame - mmmmm, just saying how it is remember I had 4 Elcits - 3 went wrong - I did lose the will to live!

 

[plastic penguin]

PP,

The Elicit was transparent, detailed etc etc i loved it - but that love went sour

The Brio was purely a stop gap

The Icon Audio ST40 is as transparent and detailed as the Elicit, however I found it smoother - No PP not warm, mushy shite - The ST40 is transparent (I will be able to do tweaks to my TT and hear them), also the ST40 has drive, timing, great imaging blah blah - I can't fault it

It is the nicest sounding amp out of the 3 and yes of course the Icon will kill the Brio, probably most trannie amps under £2k too

PP why not go an listen to one?

And as for being lame - mmmmm, just saying how it is remember I had 4 Elcits - 3 went wrong - I did lose the will to live!

That's better.

I know you had a ruff time with reliability. But 3 Elicits since last summer and you "can't remember".

 

[plastic penguin]

and the second was "can't remember now". That sounds pretty lame,

I disagree, so he answers your request from memory does he ?. Ruddy sure I couldnt do that either.

Funny - I can remember exactly the sound of the A65+ and I haven't had one for nearly 4 years.

 

[floyd droid]

Funny - I can remember exactly the sound of the A65+ and I haven't had one for nearly 4 years.

You are pullin my chain here ?

 

[plastic penguin]

Funny - I can remember exactly the sound of the A65+ and I haven't had one for nearly 4 years.

You are pullin my chain here ?

Would I? I could give you a blow-by-blow description of the A65's sonic abilities. You could then source one off Fleebay and scrutinise how it was. Could even give you an in-depth run down of my old Pioneer SA-706 which was binned in 1997. Going beyond that, though, all previous amps become a bit foggy.

 

[stevebrock]

Funny - I can remember exactly the sound of the A65+ and I haven't had one for nearly 4 years.

You are pullin my chain here ?

Would I? I could give you a blow-by-blow description of the A65's sonic abilities. You could then source one off Fleebay and scrutinise how it was. Could even give you an in-depth run down of my old Pioneer SA-706 which was binned in 1997. Going beyond that, though, all previous amps become a bit foggy.

take it form me he would never entertain a trannie especaily Arcam

 

[floyd droid]

take it form me he would never entertain a trannie especaily Arcam

 

[nima]

You are overestimating human memory for things audio.

 

[floyd droid]

You are overestimating human memory for things audio.

Thank god somebody is awake on here :clap:

 

[stevebrock]

You are overestimating human memory for things audio.

Exactly

 

[floyd droid]

Would I? I could give you a blow-by-blow description of the A65's sonic abilities.

Blimey charlie , ok I take my hat off to ya. I couldnt come close to giving a blow by blow description of my 300Bs that I only turned off a couple of hrs ago.

See , bet you thought I was on a wind up .

 

[plastic penguin]

Would I? I could give you a blow-by-blow description of the A65's sonic abilities.

Blimey charlie , ok I take my hat off to ya. I couldnt come close to giving a blow by blow description of my 300Bs that I only turned off a couple of hrs ago.

See , bet you thought I was on a wind up .

Also bear in mind I had the Arcam for over 6 years and the Pioneer for 17. They are pretty much engrained....

 

[plastic penguin]

take it form me he would never entertain a trannie especaily Arcam

If I had or wanted to save money, I wouldn't hestitate in getting another. Personally speaking, it is still one of the best sub-£500 amps around... and why it took me almost two years to find the right amp i.e. Leema.

 

[Macspur]

Steve,

If you're interested, there's an ex demo Icon phono stage RRP£1000 going for less than £400 at Audio Emotion.

Mac

www.macsmusic.blogbubble.net

 

[stevebrock]

Steve,

If you're interested, there's an ex demo Icon phono stage RRP£1000 going for less than £400 at Audio Emotion.

Mac

www.macsmusic.blogbubble.net

thanks mate, ive seen that already - think the ST40 will be my last purchase for a while - just found out im going to be a Dad again at the ripe old age of 45 - omg 3 kids under 6 - love em all though, oh yeah not forgetting 2 step kids

 

[matthewpiano]

Congratulations on the future addition to your family Steve. Please you've found an amp you like too.

 

[Macspur]

Steve,

If you're interested, there's an ex demo Icon phono stage RRP£1000 going for less than £400 at Audio Emotion.

Mac

www.macsmusic.blogbubble.net

thanks mate, ive seen that already - think the ST40 will be my last purchase for a while - just found out im going to be a Dad again at the ripe old age of 45 - omg 3 kids under 6 - love em all though, oh yeah not forgetting 2 step kids

My word! congrats...

Mac

www.macsmusic.blogbubble.net

 

[stevebrock]

thanks looking forward to the new addition.............the ST40