Electrocompaniet Prelude PI-2
Seriously. Why is is this not recommended more often?
It sounds gorgeous!
Seriously. Why is is this not recommended more often?
It sounds gorgeous!
altruistic.lemon said:Not just them amps, mate, but quite a lot of other gear: Magnepan - easy the best speakers under 2000 Harbeth - easy the best if you can't afford the above Densen - nearly as good as the Electrocompaniets meridian - best CD players period Benchmark - no DAC comes close Turntable - nottingham analogue. Beats me why people waste money on the other stuff Cartridge - Denon DL 103. Mind you, not really budget gear it has to be said.
altruistic.lemon said:Not just them amps, mate, but quite a lot of other gear: Magnepan - easy the best speakers under 2000 Harbeth - easy the best if you can't afford the above Densen - nearly as good as the Electrocompaniets meridian - best CD players period Benchmark - no DAC comes close Turntable - nottingham analogue. Beats me why people waste money on the other stuff Cartridge - Denon DL 103. Mind you, not really budget gear it has to be said.
Kevin Stephens said:HI Clare
I'm always a little bemused that the only way a magazine with circulation of around 45,000 can get it's hand on review samples is to get them loaned by the manufacturers? Is that how What Car etc operate? How about getting one on loan from a friendly hi fi shop? or even just covering the cost of post and insurance to borrow off enthusiasts on the forum? A wider range of manufacteres would certainly make the magazine more interesting to me at least.
Again not a dig but a (posibly back handed) compliment; great reviews and editorial but would be good to see a wider range
altruistic.lemon said:Not just them amps, mate, but quite a lot of other gear: Magnepan - easy the best speakers under 2000 Harbeth - easy the best if you can't afford the above Densen - nearly as good as the Electrocompaniets meridian - best CD players period Benchmark - no DAC comes close Turntable - nottingham analogue. Beats me why people waste money on the other stuff Cartridge - Denon DL 103. Mind you, not really budget gear it has to be said.
Big Nads and Woofer said:Well this ones cheap and very good bang for your buck
http://www.templeaudio.net/bantamgold.html
It certainly sounds more than it's worth - Uk hand made and we know how WHF loves a british brand..
May be we can get a WHF review???? Please?
Clare Newsome said:If we get the products and we like them, we'll recommend them - but we can't review what we haven't got, and in the case of many of these products they're either too pricey and/or niche to spend our limited funds on buying for test.
Would welcome reviewing any/all of the above, if the manufacturers/their PRs are reading!
altruistic.lemon said:Not just them amps, mate, but quite a lot of other gear: Magnepan - easy the best speakers under 2000 Harbeth - easy the best if you can't afford the above Densen - nearly as good as the Electrocompaniets meridian - best CD players period Benchmark - no DAC comes close Turntable - nottingham analogue. Beats me why people waste money on the other stuff Cartridge - Denon DL 103. Mind you, not really budget gear it has to be said.
iSilver said:Yes, it's a great sounding amp. I purchased one of these yesterday but took it back today beause there is an audible scratchy/clicky noise whenever the volume is turned up or the input is changed - the retailer told me this is common on most amps with similar technology to this one (whatever that technology might be). They had another PI-2 in the store and it made the same noise as well, so did a $7000 amp from another well-respected manufacturer that he had in the store - I'm surprised listeners can be happy with this situation!