shafesk said:
A Cyrus vs a Cayin.....solid state vs tube....AR vi60 and Cayin a-55t.
Thanks you (and everyone else) for your suggestions.
shafesk said:
don't get the challenge really, most listeners can identify their own amps from others even in simultaneous switching after a minute or so.....if they offer me a plane ticket I'd win it for sure 8)
If you can pass the challenge there's a £10,000 pair of speakers up for grabs. Stick them on eBay and use the money to buy a plane ticket. TBH I'm not sure it'll be all that easy though. At the moment I just want to put the theory to the test to see if it can actually be done.
Have I heard differences between amplifiers? Yes but only very small ones.
Will it still be possible to hear these differences with easy to drive speakers like the Harbeths? I don't know. This is one of the things that needs to be checked before I spend any money.
Are there any amplifiers that really have a 'night and day' difference when level matched and not clipping. Again I don't know. This is something else that needs to be looked at carefully before I spend any money.