Roksan Kandy K2 on e-bay

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for those keeping an eye on a cheaper k2, the struggle has begun on ebay...

 

[matengawhat]

so hows the new amp - which did you buy in the end?

 

[Anonymous]

icon audio LA3 preamp + prima luna power amp prologue 4

 

[matengawhat]

so how you getting on with them - have they given you the warmth you were craving?

 

[Anonymous]

very well. proac speakers really agree with valves.

 

[Anonymous]

in fact,proac engineers only use wither valves amps of sugden class a. They sound completely different

 

[Anonymous]

matengawhat:so how you getting on with them - have they given you the warmth you were craving?

MF is a great preamp-but you could try an icon audio preamp (only £680) - mixed with that Arcam power amp, it would be bliss...

 

[Anonymous]

5 hours...

 

[Anonymous]

Well, I heard some Proac Tablette Reference Eight Signatures last week, and they sounded great with Arcam. Still, I'm looking forward to hearing some Proacs with valves soon.

 

[Anonymous]

Arcam good-almost as good as the Roksan K2 which is about to go on ebay in 20 minutes...........

 

[Anonymous]

I am the winner/sucker who got the K2 on ebay... Always with ebay can't help but feel I've overpaid when I have won an auction...!

 

[Anonymous]

you sound like a winner to me. that amp is an absolute bargain at the price let alone £200 cheaper

 

[Anonymous]

Bismarckian, you're not the seller, are you?

 

[matengawhat]

yes i think he was - thoughts the mods might have jumped on this but good to see they didn't

i bought a cyrus 7 yesterday on ebay - then later found out it was messiahs

 

[Anonymous]

i'm not actually. it's my friend's.

 

[Craig M.]

seeing as it hasn't been "jumped on" there are some lovely dynaudio focus 110's as well

 

[matengawhat]

this is all from memory but thought from your old posts that it was yours bought new and you were unhappy with the sound of your system so bought a vdac which added some warmth and then you wanted to go further so decided to go down the tube route to get a better warmer sounds hense reason for sale?

 

[matengawhat]

http://community.whathifi.com/forums/t/247317.aspx

 

[Anonymous]

All a wee bit quiet now.........

 

[Anonymous]

My house is certainly not quiet, as the K2 is pumping out some serious bass on Sufjan Steven's "They are Night Zombies"... Sounds great!

And who said you need to turn K2 to 1 o'clock on the dial to get a decent sound. If I turn it beyond 10 o'clock I will wake up every neighbor and beyond 1 o'oclock I will have to get myself a new set of ears... no wonder sewage man was finding it 'bright' at these levels, it was just ear-piercingly loud. (Ok my speakers are 91db effeciency and that may play a roleÿ

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[matengawhat]

don't think i've ever needed to turn an amp round to 1! think like you said your hearing would give first

 

[Anonymous]

Is the K2 any good for very very quite listening at night?

Or is the volume control too sensitive/loud if u get me?!

 

[Big Chris]

Pmaninit:
Is the K2 any good for very very quite listening at night?

Or is the volume control too sensitive/loud if u get me?!

That's why they invented attenuators.

 

[Anonymous]

Pmaninit:

Is the K2 any good for very very quite listening at night?

Or is the volume control too sensitive/loud if u get me?!

Don't see why not but will test it out.... but from i remember from my demo that BW 685s were not the best for very low volumes, they sounded a bit muffled.

 

[Anonymous]

Was bidding on the K2 half-heartedly as well, as I really want a black one to go with my Naim CD5i.

How are are you finding them with the RS6's? I am interested as my RS6's are currently powered by an old Roksan KA1 and have thought I might upgrade to the K2 and wondered how much difference there'd be?

Thanks,
Adam