Hi everyone
Been looking through the forums and there seems to be a lot of helpful advice out there! I'm after a new amp as above. My current one came out in 2000(?) and is freaking out in the left speaker (very noisily a la pistol shot) once a day...the internal power supply shorts itself (it's meant to if there's a power surge) so it seems to be serious...rather than waste money trying to fix it, I figure it's time for some new blood...which would be a good buy for my system? The Marantz amp is great on stereo imaging, soundscape, detail retrieval and acoustic music, but can get claustrophobic and muddied with rock music, and the bass timing can be a bit slack with dance music, which isn't very helpful... I listen to all types of music, none particularly at a high volume. I like to hear detail, silence in the quiet bits and not amp hiss, but want loud pumping madness when required...I need tone controls as my V+ HD box's sound output is rubbish.
I was thinking about Nait 5i, as I auditioned my speakers through a Naim system (though no tone controls), or the Rotel 1520, or possibly the Marantz PM8003 (which I could get online for £550). I'm veering toward the Rotel (ie tone controls). I'm not a purist in terms of sound quality, as I can't hear that much of a difference between vinyl/cd/mp3 (320kpbs). Is that cos my ears is 42?
I will be auditioning in the next few weeks. Thanks for any advice!
System (all bought around 2002): Marantz 6000OSE KI Sig CD (£600, but £270 at Richer Sounds: bargain!), Marantz PM8200 (£600, but £280 at...yup, you guessed it), Focal JMLab Cobalt 806 standmount speakers (£550), Russ Andrews 8TC cable, Phillips interconnects (no, really), Linn Axis turntable (which I no longer use)
Been looking through the forums and there seems to be a lot of helpful advice out there! I'm after a new amp as above. My current one came out in 2000(?) and is freaking out in the left speaker (very noisily a la pistol shot) once a day...the internal power supply shorts itself (it's meant to if there's a power surge) so it seems to be serious...rather than waste money trying to fix it, I figure it's time for some new blood...which would be a good buy for my system? The Marantz amp is great on stereo imaging, soundscape, detail retrieval and acoustic music, but can get claustrophobic and muddied with rock music, and the bass timing can be a bit slack with dance music, which isn't very helpful... I listen to all types of music, none particularly at a high volume. I like to hear detail, silence in the quiet bits and not amp hiss, but want loud pumping madness when required...I need tone controls as my V+ HD box's sound output is rubbish.
I was thinking about Nait 5i, as I auditioned my speakers through a Naim system (though no tone controls), or the Rotel 1520, or possibly the Marantz PM8003 (which I could get online for £550). I'm veering toward the Rotel (ie tone controls). I'm not a purist in terms of sound quality, as I can't hear that much of a difference between vinyl/cd/mp3 (320kpbs). Is that cos my ears is 42?
I will be auditioning in the next few weeks. Thanks for any advice!
System (all bought around 2002): Marantz 6000OSE KI Sig CD (£600, but £270 at Richer Sounds: bargain!), Marantz PM8200 (£600, but £280 at...yup, you guessed it), Focal JMLab Cobalt 806 standmount speakers (£550), Russ Andrews 8TC cable, Phillips interconnects (no, really), Linn Axis turntable (which I no longer use)
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