you should be able to get a good dealer to send you a few in the post , maybe shop demo ones. Just offer to pay p and p, it I wouldn’t say it’s advisable to buy an amplifier without hearing it yourself in your environment.S83 Trike said:Looking for a warm sounding amp to drive my Tannoy xt6f speakers
PM7005
PM8005
HD -AMP1
Unfortunately unable to demoe these amps with my speakers - no dealer close by.
So need advice on how those above sound?
I have read a review on my Yamaha A-S2100 and the reviewer thought the Yamaha sounded like a valve amplifier and it had a very warm sound I kind of agree with him .Vladimir said:I'd go for Yamaha rather than Marantz for more holistic, warm, analogue sound.
A mate loved how Tannoy XT8 paired with A-S1000 in audition few years ago. It took the edge off to result in less clinical sound, but not muddy.Blacksabbath25 said:I have read a review on my Yamaha A-S2100 and the reviewer thought the Yamaha sounded like a valve amplifier and it had a very warm sound I kind of agree with him .Vladimir said:I'd go for Yamaha rather than Marantz for more holistic, warm, analogue sound.
OP clearly wants a fireplace. No sense pushing him to buy an air conditioner.QuestForThe13thNote said:Interesting what hiFi said the marantz 8003 lacked detail and dynamic prowess compared to others. An earlier model mind.
In so far as making music real and more musical this dynamic prowess and detail with decent punchy low bass, is what makes a hifi great.
I’d doubt there would be much difference, but people get steered with what performs very good as well...... and that Rega or cyrus would do the job of clarity, speed, dynamics and decent punchy bass better, which all adds up to better musicality than that marantz. Has any mags done a review of that marantz?Vladimir said:OP clearly wants a fireplace. No sense pushing him to buy an air conditioner.QuestForThe13thNote said:Interesting what hiFi said the marantz 8003 lacked detail and dynamic prowess compared to others. An earlier model mind.
In so far as making music real and more musical this dynamic prowess and detail with decent punchy low bass, is what makes a hifi great.
I’ve read that some people think that Yamaha amplifiers can come across clinically sounding but I do not think that’s the case a specially when you pair the amplifier with the right pair of speakers with any of the Yamaha amplifiersVladimir said:A mate loved how Tannoy XT8 paired with A-S1000 in audition few years ago. It took the edge off to result in less clinical sound, but not muddy.Blacksabbath25 said:I have read a review on my Yamaha A-S2100 and the reviewer thought the Yamaha sounded like a valve amplifier and it had a very warm sound I kind of agree with him .Vladimir said:I'd go for Yamaha rather than Marantz for more holistic, warm, analogue sound.
People buy MA speakers, have thin or no carpeting, put a glass coffee table and leather furniture, play nasty compressed pop/rock CDs, and then blame the amp for sounding bright. Because thats where the volume knob is, innit? What else could it be?Blacksabbath25 said:I’ve read that some people think that Yamaha amplifiers can come across clinically sounding but I do not think that’s the case a specially when you pair the amplifier with the right pair of speakers with any of the Yamaha amplifiersVladimir said:A mate loved how Tannoy XT8 paired with A-S1000 in audition few years ago. It took the edge off to result in less clinical sound, but not muddy.Blacksabbath25 said:I have read a review on my Yamaha A-S2100 and the reviewer thought the Yamaha sounded like a valve amplifier and it had a very warm sound I kind of agree with him .Vladimir said:I'd go for Yamaha rather than Marantz for more holistic, warm, analogue sound.
and I think you can safely say that goes for any amplifier as speaker matching is important
if the buyer is buying new, which I think he is? then something like the arcam a19 around a grand, which is the budget arcam intergrated, is over the budget of amps initially selected and only has 50 Watts into the tannoys 8 ohms. On the other hand the Cyrus ONE is more than double that. So for dynamic shifts utilising this power capability, its still a better amp.CnoEvil said:I'd go with Arcam or possibly Musical Fidelity - ex-dem, or second hand if necessary.
they are relating it to the Rega I think, which is fair enough. But the one will still do dynamics and detail better than that marantz, the Rega too, for similar price with a discount etc.Vladimir said:WHF test resulted with 4 stars, main downside being "Needs to fare better dynamically and rhythmically".
Also I don't like how dishonest the manufacturer is by presenting 2x100W under unspecified conditions, only to reveal in the fine print that is in 6ohms at clipping (1% THD+N), frequency range or number of channels driven still unspecified.
Don't tell me it can cook and do laundry too?QuestForThe13thNote said:they are relating it to the Rega I think, which is fair enough. But the one will still do dynamics and detail better than that marantz, the Rega too, for similar price with a discount etc.Vladimir said:WHF test resulted with 4 stars, main downside being "Needs to fare better dynamically and rhythmically".
Also I don't like how dishonest the manufacturer is by presenting 2x100W under unspecified conditions, only to reveal in the fine print that is in 6ohms at clipping (1% THD+N), frequency range or number of channels driven still unspecified.
I have JBL LSR305, Lexicon Alpha, Chromecast Audio, AKG K702. Sometimes I fire up the vintage kit Sony SS-F7ESG, Technics SU-7700, AKG K280 Parabolic. Bunch of stuff in storage too.QuestForThe13thNote said:maybe it could. But quid pro quo...... What system do you have Vlad?
Even the Yamaha AS 701 or 801?Vladimir said:I'd go for Yamaha rather than Marantz for more holistic, warm, analogue sound.