empacher said:
David@FrankHarvey said:
We've been running ours in with a pair of Spendor D7's since Monday - very impressive so far. Quite a weighty unit, and build quality is excellent. It'll be interesting to pitch it against the new Naim Nait XS2 once it arrives.
David - any other impressions you can share? understand it is still breaking in but how is it stacking up to other comparable amps that you are familiar with? thanks
Not at the moment. We've been running it in in the room where we've been running in the D7's for the past three weeks or so. They've been running in on various Naim bits (Uniti2, NAC-N172/NAP155, UnitiLite, Nait XS, Nait 5i etc, depending on what is plugged in at the time), so I can only compare to the Naim XS type sound. I haven't heard it with vinyl yet.
As I say, the main comparison I want to make is against the Nait XS. I know this doesn't have a phono stage, but its a similar priced amp, and for me is one of the better sounding ones under £2,000. When I get a chance, I'll be popping the R500's on it and comparing it to the Nait XS2 when that turns up in a few weeks time. If I get a chance, I'll try and compare it to the current Nait XS.