Leema Pulse IV / Quasar ... coming soon?

[tino]

The Leema Pulse IV has been "coming soon" for the past 6 months or so. I like the spec. but will it ever see the light of day soon i.e. this year?

 

[plastic penguin]

It's on their website, so should be available in the not too distant...

If it lives upto the spec, it's immensely powerful. Look-wise it certainly is better than that set-top styling of the MKIII - it looked like a class of nursery kids had been let loose on it. Bloody awful.

 

[Andrewjvt]

The cost be?

 

[tino]

The cost be?

The Pulse is part if the Spectrum series which is above the Elements series, and the integrated Elements amplifier wth DAC is about £1500. So I would hazard a guess at a price somewhat north of £1500, but less than £2K.

 

[jonathanRD]

The cost be?

The Pulse is part if the Spectrum series which is above the Elements series, and the integrated Elements amplifier wth DAC is about £1500. So I would hazard a guess at a price somewhat north of £1500, but less than £2K.

I hope I'm wrong but I seem to recall having a conversation with one of the Leema team at the Bristol Show and he indicated a price circa £2300 *sad*

 

[Andrewjvt]

Seems a lot but good quality amplification with a good dac is value for money if you buy them seperate

 

[Andrewjvt]

Buying sperate amp and dac

 

[Rallye666]

The cost be?

The Pulse is part if the Spectrum series which is above the Elements series, and the integrated Elements amplifier wth DAC is about £1500. So I would hazard a guess at a price somewhat north of £1500, but less than £2K.

I hope I'm wrong but I seem to recall having a conversation with one of the Leema team at the Bristol Show and he indicated a price circa £2300 *sad*

For that sort of money I'd be sending it to Hegel

 

[drummerman]

The usual Leema promo blurb ...

'nearly 200w into 8ohm' ... it's actually 180w into 8ohm (but without distortion figures at that rating) ...

'180w into 8ohm ... 360w 4ohm' ... probably optimistic even under the most optimal circumstances ...

Leema always seem to quote large figures. I remember the bench test of a previous Leema Pulse which only just scraped in the quoted figures under increased distortion where most other manufactuers rate their products relatively conservatively, usually fairing better on the bench ...

Still, it will be powerful ... at a price.

 

[Andrewjvt]

For that sort of money I'd be sending it to Hegel
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Wise move

 

[plastic penguin]

Jeeze! You guys are unreal! It's not even in the shops yet and already you're pre-judging. It could be a bag of s##t for the money, or it could be a real winner.

Leema have a reputation of producing cracking amps: Pulse MKI, Tucana... the only one that fell a little below standards was the Pulse MKIII. But if you read the reviews that was mainly due to a relatively poor built-in DAC.

I have the Pulse MKI and I have no plans to change it - five great years of ownership.

Stick your Hegels where the sun doesn't shine: In your empty wallets.

 

[Diamond Joe]

The cost be?

The Pulse is part if the Spectrum series which is above the Elements series, and the integrated Elements amplifier wth DAC is about £1500. So I would hazard a guess at a price somewhat north of £1500, but less than £2K.

I hope I'm wrong but I seem to recall having a conversation with one of the Leema team at the Bristol Show and he indicated a price circa £2300 *sad*

For that sort of money I'd be sending it to Hegel

I think that for that sort of money I'd pick up a 2nd hand Tucana 2 (if I could find one!)

 

[Andrewjvt]

Stick your Hegels where the sun doesn't shine: In your empty wallets.
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Sorry to hit your fragile nerves
But at £2300 its the same price as a hegel h160 and the hegel just won the EISA amp of the year so dont know what point your trying to make?

Unless its tonge in cheek tou sound like a leema fanboy

 

[plastic penguin]

Stick your Hegels where the sun doesn't shine: In your empty wallets.

Sorry to hit your fragile nerves But at £2300 its the same price as a hegel h160 and the hegel just won the EISA amp of the year so dont know what point your trying to make?

Unless its tonge in cheek tou sound like a leema fanboy

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1) I certainly don't have fragile nerves

2) No-one knows the exact retail price as yet - £2300 is just guess work until it is confirmed.

3) EISA? So what... nice for the companies to have this award, but as sound is so subjective it doesn't mean a thing. So for instance I wouldn't purchase an amp just because it had a EISA award, anymore than I would purchase a WHFI Award winner.

4) If I was to pre-judge you as you seem to have done a amp that doesn't commercially exist, I would probably get banned.

5) I'm Leema fanboy? Sharp cookie. Try and click on 'QUOTE' and it'll look as if you're addressing me - as an adult.

To be more accurate, I'm a Pulse fanboy. I've not heard any other products from Leema, but if I ever get the urge and like them I'd be more than happy to classed as a Leema fanboy.

But going back to my original gripe, you and another poster are comparing a Hegel with, what is effectively, nothing more at this stage than a paper spec amp. Now that's laughable.

 

[Andrewjvt]

No one here mentioned hegel until the cost of £2300 was mentioned (the exact same cost of an hegel h160) so another forum member said for that money he would rather have an hegel h160(as would i) but if you read the whole post in context i was actually sticking up for the cost of 2300 as when you get a good amp with a good dac its good value for money.

Regards the award for hegel that was a few days ago. We all demod the product long before the reviews and awards and decided for oursleves.

Dont be sad if everyone does not agree with you or love leema products. As long as you are happy thats all that counts. As for sticking my amp in my empty wallet.

No thanks cause im saving for the h360

Oh and please dont take this forum so seriously and go a sulk for another few months. I like reading your comments and think you have some good knowledge.

 

[plastic penguin]

"At £2300 I'd rather have a Hegel". That's my point, so you are stating you'd rather play your music on a 2k plus amp than a piece of coloured paper. Amen to that. Cause that's all this new Leema IV is at this stage.

Let's just hold back until it's released and let's have some factual feedback rather than some empty conjecture.

 

[jonathanRD]

Just a small disclaimer - I'm well known in my house for memory loss, so I hope that my recollection of the £2300 price is correct.*wacko*

However the specs do suggest that it is similar to a Hegal H160 so it would not be a surprise to see a similar price? (debate?)

FWIW the best demo sound I heard at the Bristol Show was the Hegal H160 connected to a pair of LS50's. At Bristol I was mostly interested in amps so when I popped into the Leema room there was a big advertising screen with the pulse on it, so I naturally asked how much? The reply was dissapointing for me as it was unfortunately over my target budget.

 

[Andrewjvt]

"At £2300 I'd rather have a Hegel". That's my point, so you are stating you'd rather play your music on a 2k plus amp than a piece of coloured paper.

Yes i would as coloured paper cant play any sounds.

Now calm down its not good for your health

 

[chebby]

Let's just hold back until it's released and let's have some factual feedback rather than some empty conjecture.

What 'factual feedback' would you respect though? (You frequently dismiss industry reviews and awards.)

 

[Diamond Joe]

FWIW the best demo sound I heard at the Bristol Show was the Hegal H160 connected to a pair of LS50's.

Yeah, I completely concur with that... quite how I completely missed the Leema room though I just don't know *crazy*

 

[plastic penguin]

"At £2300 I'd rather have a Hegel". That's my point, so you are stating you'd rather play your music on a 2k plus amp than a piece of coloured paper.

Yes i would as coloured paper cant play any sounds.

Now calm down its not good for your health

Stop spouting b######s, unless you are some sort of Leema expert. Have you had one on dem?

 

[plastic penguin]

Let's just hold back until it's released and let's have some factual feedback rather than some empty conjecture.

What 'factual feedback' would you respect though? (You frequently dismiss industry reviews and awards.)

When have I dismissed industry reviews? I've always said use them as a guideline...

Specifically 'Factual...' was aimed at anyone who will hear the new Pulse as opposed to others who just use guesswork and slag off a product that doesn't exist... in the short-term.

 

[Jota180]

Let's just hold back until it's released and let's have some factual feedback rather than some empty conjecture.

What 'factual feedback' would you respect though? (You frequently dismiss industry reviews and awards.)

When have I dismissed industry reviews? I've always said use them as a guideline...

Specifically 'Factual...' was aimed at anyone who will hear the new Pulse as opposed to others who just use guesswork and slag off a product that doesn't exist... in the short-term.

In what way can a subjective opinion be held as a factual critique of anything?

 

[plastic penguin]

You can't. No review is bulletproof. But at least it's better than second guessing a product and dismissing it even before it hits the shops.

If I had stated I'd rather have 'X' product than a component that is only a website image I'm sure you and Chebby would come down on me like a ton of bricks. Yet others do it and no-one sneezes at them.

 

[drummerman]

Ah, me thinks I may have started this Leema 'bashing' off ...

See if I can put it right; I am sure it will be a very competent product, like most of them. I'd love to have a Tucana or this, new amplifier but simply can't afford one.

They are just a bit enthusiastic when it comes to certain performance figures and of course they are far from alone.