this any good ??

[Anonymous]

nice one daveh

, they would fit the bill nicely , as i say im a few weeks away from having the cash , otherwise id go for them now , they do seem to crop up fairly often thankfully ..

what about keeping my marantz cdp or do you think an arcam one like that would be better ?

 

[Anonymous]

plastic penguin:
maxflinn:arcam it is pp

, just a case of which one now ...a32 or a85 ..

If you're not worried about colour, this A85 has a 'Buy It Now' price of £375.00 + Carriage.

cheers , is that the going rate pp ? thought id get one cheaper ..

 

[Dave_]

maxflinn:plastic penguin:
maxflinn:arcam it is pp

, just a case of which one now ...a32 or a85 ..

If you're not worried about colour, this A85 has a 'Buy It Now' price of £375.00 + Carriage.

cheers , is that the going rate pp ? thought id get one cheaper ..
To expensive imo, i wouldn't pay much more than £250 for an A85

 

[Anonymous]

brittondave:
something like this http://www.audioaffair.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=1408

connected to any power amp of your choosing.

Just an idea! anyway ......not trying to push valve based equipment.......it's a love or hate thing...... There are some very good valve intergrated amps about as well and I would deffo recommend a demonstration at some point. some of them are hybrid amps which means they are like a traditional intergrated amp but have inbuilt valves for the pre amp section of the unit.

My suggestion above would give you the warm, silky smoothsound of valves combined with the punch of a good power amp.

D

interesting dave , at this stage im defo going for arcam , but ill have a read up on those kinds of amps , warm is good

 

[JoelSim]

daveh75:maxflinn:plastic penguin:
maxflinn:arcam it is pp

, just a case of which one now ...a32 or a85 ..

If you're not worried about colour, this A85 has a 'Buy It Now' price of £375.00 + Carriage.

cheers , is that the going rate pp ? thought id get one cheaper ..
To expensive imo, i wouldn't pay much more than £250 for an A85

£250 max I would say too.

 

[Anonymous]

yea thats the kinda price i had in mind guys , i may just get the amp first , see what it sounds like and maybe add a power amp after , so guys , marantz cdp or arcam ?

 

[plastic penguin]

daveh75:maxflinn:plastic penguin:

maxflinn:arcam it is pp

, just a case of which one now ...a32 or a85 ..

If you're not worried about colour, this A85 has a 'Buy It Now' price of £375.00 + Carriage.

cheers , is that the going rate pp ? thought id get one cheaper ..
To expensive imo, i wouldn't pay much more than £250 for an A85

You'd be very luck to buy an A85 for less than £300. If you do, then I would be slightly suspect.

When you consider it retailed close to £900 then it looks pretty good.

 

[Dave_]

maxflinn:what about keeping my marantz cdp or do you think an arcam one like that would be better ?
Keep your Marantz, wasn't suggesting buying the CDP tbh. I just linked to that seller because he happened to have both an A85 and P85 for sale.

And if your going to go the Arcam route, then it would be rude not to bi-amp

 

[plastic penguin]

maxflinn:yea thats the kinda price i had in mind guys , i may just get the amp first , see what it sounds like and maybe add a power amp after , so guys , marantz cdp or arcam ?

Marantz will suffice with the A85. Arcam CD82 or CD192 far better.

 

[JoelSim]

plastic penguin:daveh75:maxflinn:plastic penguin:
maxflinn:arcam it is pp

, just a case of which one now ...a32 or a85 ..

If you're not worried about colour, this A85 has a 'Buy It Now' price of £375.00 + Carriage.

cheers , is that the going rate pp ? thought id get one cheaper ..
To expensive imo, i wouldn't pay much more than £250 for an A85

You'd be very luck to buy an A85 for less than £300. If you do, then I would be slightly suspect.

When you consider it retailed close to £900 then it looks pretty good.

No chance PP. Before I sold mine I watched about 10 go on fleabay at between £220 and £275. That was a year ago.

 

[Dave_]

JoelSim:
No chance PP. Before I sold mine I watched about 10 go on fleabay at between £220 and £275. That was a year ago.
Completed listings, suggests thats still about right...

 

[Anonymous]

oh ill be bi-amping alright daveh

, god this hifi bug is gripping me , listening to paul weller , broken stones , the neighbours are away , just sounds lovely

...

aye pp ill surely get a cd192 at some stage too

.. what harm , ive spent my money on far worse things , things that arent there when you wake up

..

 

[JoelSim]

maxflinn:
oh ill be bi-amping alright daveh

, god this hifi bug is gripping me , listening to paul weller , broken stones , the neighbours are away , just sounds lovely

...

aye pp ill surely get a cd192 at some stage too

.. what harm , ive spent my money on far worse things , things that arent there when you wake up

..

Don't bother looking for a CD192 just now, fleabay is full of jokers at the moment on those. Don't go for an 82 or 92 either, too mellow, the 192 is a much better machine.

 

[John Duncan]

maxflinn:ive spent my money on far worse things , things that arent there when you wake up

Bad luck - I've been burgled and it's not nice...

 

[plastic penguin]

A CD 192 for £699. They're having laugh...

A while back I saw a pair of Wharfedale Dentons from the early 70's with a 'Buy It Now' price tag of something like £700. This is why I don't buy from auction sites - too many mickey takers.

 

[Anonymous]

JohnDuncan:maxflinn:ive spent my money on far worse things , things that arent there when you wake up

Bad luck - I've been burgled and it's not nice...thats not quite what i meant

 

[JoelSim]

plastic penguin:
A CD 192 for £699. They're having laugh...

A while back I saw a pair of Wharfedale Dentons from the early 70's with a 'Buy It Now' price tag of something like £700. This is why I don't buy from auction sites - too many mickey takers.

You just have to do your homework.

 

[Anonymous]

the cdp might not be got till next year , amp first , then power amp as and when money allows id say ..

that should keep me happy too , knowing something new is on the horizon

 

[SteveR750]

maxflinn:
oh ill be bi-amping alright daveh

, god this hifi bug is gripping me , listening to paul weller , broken stones , the neighbours are away , just sounds lovely

...

aye pp ill surely get a cd192 at some stage too

.. what harm , ive spent my money on far worse things , things that arent there when you wake up

..

but then sleeping with your speakers isn't right, let alone fun, no matter what your view of the world.

Max, I'm going to propose a different course, one that involves forgetting about spending money and upgrades. If you do have to do it, wait until you can make a huge leap, not a small one with someone elses cast offs from yesteryear. Now, if you hadn't a perfectly good system and need to get something, then I'd join the chorus of suggestion makers, but I just wonder if you are changing just for changes sake; though I do understand it's your money and your choice as to what to do with it, but I'm not sure you are going to be satisfied in the long term, and you will certainly be poorer. Either that or think much bigger and just go for broke, and spend a couple of K's or so now.

 

[Anonymous]

hi steve , i suppose i am changing for changes sake really , but thats why im thinking 2nd hand , it wont cost me alot , its experimental really , driven by the assumption that a more powerful amp will give me more from my speakers , even though i admit they sound great as is , im just itching to throw more power at them

a big spend is out steve , im currently unemployed , so i cant justify a big outlay really , as much as i might like to ..

if the arcams dont do it for me , ill revisit ebay

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

Can I hazard a guess that you will never buy any of this sort of kit but just like the crack of talking about it.And as for your last 48 hours -Eddie Murphy was never as entertaining.

 

[Anonymous]

Ravey Gravey Davy:Can I hazard a guess that you will never buy any of this sort of kit but just like the crack of talking about it.And as for your last 48 hours -Eddie Murphy was never as entertaining.

oh i love the crack davy , but ill be buying alright , ive spent e2.5 on a.v. gear since april , so ive got form

...

eddie who ? what ...

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

maxflinn:

Ravey Gravey Davy:Can I hazard a guess that you will never buy any of this sort of kit but just like the crack of talking about it.And as for your last 48 hours -Eddie Murphy was never as entertaining.

oh i love the crack davy , but ill be buying alright , ive spent e2.5 on a.v. gear since april , so ive got form

...

eddie who ? what ...

That you've got form was never doubted in my mind.There's no point spending E2.5 on AV gear if you don't watch EM in 48 hrs.

 

[plastic penguin]

maxflinn:

hi steve , i suppose i am changing for changes sake really , but thats why im thinking 2nd hand , it wont cost me alot , its experimental really , driven by the assumption that a more powerful amp will give me more from my speakers , even though i admit they sound great as is , im just itching to throw more power at them

a big spend is out steve , im currently unemployed , so i cant justify a big outlay really , as much as i might like to ..

if the arcams dont do it for me , ill revisit ebay

Max, didn't know until seeing your post you were unemployed. I would seriously think the whole upgrade concept, and put it on hold until things stabilise a little work-wise. If you hated your present system then there's ample justification. But you love the Marantz set-up -- there will always be A85s or others on ebay weeks or months down thye line.

 

[Anonymous]

Firstly, I want to thank the original poster of this question "Is this (Onkyo A 1VL) any good for not bidding for it as I am now the very happy owner. Then I should start by saying I have listened to music since the
early sixties, starting with a crystal radio receiver with a
single earphone (that looked like an NSH hearing aid!) so we could hear
the new Beatles records, countless home audio set ups through to high
end and professional monitoring systems in my various careers and years
in advertising, TV (including a stint at the BBC) and now film post
production. And yet, I all I can say about the Onkyo A 1VL, is that it
is probably the most tonally accurate, neutrally transparent and naturally dynamic
amplifier I have ever heard. It is beautifully designed and made to
last. Even at it's original price of £1500 it is a rare find and typical
of the brands exceptional value for money approach - I simply cannot
believe my luck in finding a virtually new one for only £395!

As for our "pedigree" chum, he shouldn't be so keen to show his ignorance of not being aware that since the 70s, Onkyo has made some of the finest, best value integrated and brilliant power amps ever, particularly at the top of their range, which were hardly known in the UK but in Germany, the US and other countries they were known as Krell killers. I also have the A 9577 digital amp which is virtually as good and even more powerful at 150 wpc and makes beautiful music with the matching CD player. Once again, thanks!