mrJim
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That is interesting isn't it..... Nice
Jim
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That is interesting isn't it..... Nice
Jim
^^Love the techno-babble gentlemen...
Well I am hoping Jim ends up with your Para...if it fits in with his overall plan.
Back to our vintage discussion for a moment George, Marantz is still well loved to this day by many fans, there are quite a few specialty shops who will upgrade them and even considering the cost is about $4-500 people are willing to spend it because they just can't find the equivalent in today's equipment.
One reason I always preferred Yamaha, they had the best phono-stage of the lot from my personal experience, even the built in MC Head Amp performed very well and almost all their gear had 'pre-out's on the back panel so you could always get a more powerful amp later but keep the pre-amp functions. To this day I regretted selling my old CA-1010 when I bought my Bryston 4B...but I have one now and all feels right in the musical universe again.
We've talked about Sony before, even back in the day I never bothered with their equipment other than looking at their cassette decks, a handful of those were excellent. Like you I've never seen a Nakamichi amp/receiver except on vintage sites, heck I didn't even realize they made anything but tape decks.
Well I am hoping Jim ends up with your Para...if it fits in with his overall plan.
Back to our vintage discussion for a moment George, Marantz is still well loved to this day by many fans, there are quite a few specialty shops who will upgrade them and even considering the cost is about $4-500 people are willing to spend it because they just can't find the equivalent in today's equipment.
One reason I always preferred Yamaha, they had the best phono-stage of the lot from my personal experience, even the built in MC Head Amp performed very well and almost all their gear had 'pre-out's on the back panel so you could always get a more powerful amp later but keep the pre-amp functions. To this day I regretted selling my old CA-1010 when I bought my Bryston 4B...but I have one now and all feels right in the musical universe again.
We've talked about Sony before, even back in the day I never bothered with their equipment other than looking at their cassette decks, a handful of those were excellent. Like you I've never seen a Nakamichi amp/receiver except on vintage sites, heck I didn't even realize they made anything but tape decks.
gcczep
Ever Onward...
Beating the heat...
I spoke to a fellow audio enthusiast about the Parasound and the heat issue. He thought that mating it with the Musical Fidelity tube buffer whose higher output gain drove it harder. He could be right... Not experimenting any more. I have a 67 pound AT in its place and not in the mood to move these damn things...
A good friend dating back to high school had a nice Yamaha set-up. Then life happened... He looks back on it from time to time with fondness. One of my first AV receivers was an RX-V995. I enjoyed it sonics. Digital but without that dry feel. Lively but not forward. I've read about Bryston amps. Wasn't aware they were made up North. Another Bob Carver story...he admits to "voicing" his amps. I enjoy reading about his rep of tweaking the uptight purists in the audio world with his innovations. Jim Fosgate is another genius that is well regarded.
Trial on board... The Sherbourn PT-7030
Does not have all the bells and whistles that most pre-amps have BUT its make-up is concentrated solely on the audio side. Individual DACs per channel. No bazillion DSPs that I will never use, no THX, no auto-calibration feature...does not fetch a glass of wine on demand. It decodes the major latest HD codecs and pass 3-D video with its six HDMI 1.4a inputs. It does have a 10 band EQ per channel which will be handy. Six trigger outs so I fire up only one AT amp for music or both for movies. No tuner though so if I keep it...might have to get one.
Read reviews on how great its analog section is both two and multi channel so that will be tested. Not the flashiest looking...actually it's rather on the homely side. The remote is plain jane too...not backlit. I am good at memorizing buttons so it's moot...
The quest goes on...
I spoke to a fellow audio enthusiast about the Parasound and the heat issue. He thought that mating it with the Musical Fidelity tube buffer whose higher output gain drove it harder. He could be right... Not experimenting any more. I have a 67 pound AT in its place and not in the mood to move these damn things...
A good friend dating back to high school had a nice Yamaha set-up. Then life happened... He looks back on it from time to time with fondness. One of my first AV receivers was an RX-V995. I enjoyed it sonics. Digital but without that dry feel. Lively but not forward. I've read about Bryston amps. Wasn't aware they were made up North. Another Bob Carver story...he admits to "voicing" his amps. I enjoy reading about his rep of tweaking the uptight purists in the audio world with his innovations. Jim Fosgate is another genius that is well regarded.
Trial on board... The Sherbourn PT-7030
Does not have all the bells and whistles that most pre-amps have BUT its make-up is concentrated solely on the audio side. Individual DACs per channel. No bazillion DSPs that I will never use, no THX, no auto-calibration feature...does not fetch a glass of wine on demand. It decodes the major latest HD codecs and pass 3-D video with its six HDMI 1.4a inputs. It does have a 10 band EQ per channel which will be handy. Six trigger outs so I fire up only one AT amp for music or both for movies. No tuner though so if I keep it...might have to get one.
Read reviews on how great its analog section is both two and multi channel so that will be tested. Not the flashiest looking...actually it's rather on the homely side. The remote is plain jane too...not backlit. I am good at memorizing buttons so it's moot...
The quest goes on...
gcczep
Ever Onward...
Here and there...
It will be mainly for movies Bruce. I recently scored an Anthem TLP-1 pre that will serve for two channel listening in a music only set-up. I still have my AVM-20 so I could slide it over for that purpose since it is really good with music too and have the former run a simple bedroom rig. As of now, I want to see if this Sherbourn could unseat my Onkyo PR-SC886 for HT.
Just got my new catalog from Music Direct. Dynaudio has released wireless tower speakers with built in amps. The XEO 5 $4,500 a pair.
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It will be mainly for movies Bruce. I recently scored an Anthem TLP-1 pre that will serve for two channel listening in a music only set-up. I still have my AVM-20 so I could slide it over for that purpose since it is really good with music too and have the former run a simple bedroom rig. As of now, I want to see if this Sherbourn could unseat my Onkyo PR-SC886 for HT.
Just got my new catalog from Music Direct. Dynaudio has released wireless tower speakers with built in amps. The XEO 5 $4,500 a pair.
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mrJim
Senior Member
The Bryston stuff is the snitz quality for sure. A friend had some Bryston equipment, at the time it was way over my wallet capabilities but I always remember how nice his stuff sounded. It was so far out of my price point I never bother to check the model numbers of what he had.
Do you guys have any experience with the Vincent SP-331MK hybrid amp or Vincent in general ? The SP-331MK has three tubes; 2 on the input stage and 1 on the output. When I listened to my ML40's they played them for me on a Vincent I have to say it sounded pretty sweet all the way around.
Jim
Do you guys have any experience with the Vincent SP-331MK hybrid amp or Vincent in general ? The SP-331MK has three tubes; 2 on the input stage and 1 on the output. When I listened to my ML40's they played them for me on a Vincent I have to say it sounded pretty sweet all the way around.
Jim
gcczep
Ever Onward...
My Amp Vinnie...
^Looked up the Vincent. Thing's is a brute. Skimmed through a review. Good write up:
Vincent SP-331MK power amp - Review [English]
Apparently, you leave it on and it serves as a heater too.
^Looked up the Vincent. Thing's is a brute. Skimmed through a review. Good write up:
Vincent SP-331MK power amp - Review [English]
Apparently, you leave it on and it serves as a heater too.
mrJim
Senior Member
^^George nice find on that review actual good believable information.
I brought this one up cause it always catches my attention I just think Old school when look at this AMP. it looks high quality, pure Class A (for 10 amps anyway), three tubes and yet solid state. it was intriguing...
In April there was a pretty big Price Jump on a bunch of Parasound equipment the Halo A21 jumped to like $2,495 which priced it dead even with the Vincent SP-331MK.
Jim
I brought this one up cause it always catches my attention I just think Old school when look at this AMP. it looks high quality, pure Class A (for 10 amps anyway), three tubes and yet solid state. it was intriguing...
In April there was a pretty big Price Jump on a bunch of Parasound equipment the Halo A21 jumped to like $2,495 which priced it dead even with the Vincent SP-331MK.
Jim
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Yep even my little tube amplifier puts out a lot of heat.
I like the warmth the tube amp gives my CD's especially my classical music.
So you are leaning toward a new Vincent Jim?
mrJim
Senior Member
^^If I were to decide to buy new it very interesting to go with something like that. it could have up side. I think the sound it produces is very promising and overall it's and intriguing AMP.
check out the internals looks a lot different from the pure solid state stuff. Six transistors each side directly connected to those giant heat syncs. That is So Cool!
I do have a concern with those input tubes being soldered in. Even if I have soldering experience
it's definitively either that or the Halo if I were to go new. The Halo A21 is the sure thing for an AMP in that price range.
Jim
check out the internals looks a lot different from the pure solid state stuff. Six transistors each side directly connected to those giant heat syncs. That is So Cool!
I do have a concern with those input tubes being soldered in. Even if I have soldering experience
it's definitively either that or the Halo if I were to go new. The Halo A21 is the sure thing for an AMP in that price range.
Jim
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