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Originally Posted by padi56
IMHO nothing beats a true good analog sound my own system quite old and most of the best HI-FI units used to be British, or British designed.I have two very old now Mission Cyrus 11 amps,plus two seperate PSX power supplies makeing them into mono amps one for left channel same for right Arcam CD but now very old but still a hard to beat sound even for today's modern upstarts.Now they make now around 200 watts and quite high current both into my 8 ohm British TTL studio 10 speakers,they are only rated at 70w but quite hard to drive. But I never have to put the volume above 3-4,and thats quite loud enough for me.Now if I turned the volume right up ,into distortion then I would expect the high current clip to the speaker to blow or harm the drivers units but a great sound but today get very little use unless in a sentimental mood.I used to have a Pink Triangle Tarantella record deck with a decca LG cartridge that was superb sound.And IMO the LP still has the edge on all digital music its a more warm feeeling sound.My cd player is a Arcam Alpha 8SE,later had new module put in, to upgrade it to Alpha 9 its well past its sell by date, but still a fine sounding player.But not as good as the Pink Triangle record deck,the most important thing with the mission amps, now they have been mono-ed is the high current output, thats what drives the speakers not so much watts.One of the best sounds I have ever heard was 15 watt valve amp, cannot remember the name,linked up to the Pink Triangle and my speakers.But the sound was unbelievable,totally the best sound I have ever heard.Now the sound difference between the transistor,and valve amp well hard to explain, so I will say difference between chalk and a good cheese.
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I am with you Peter, Britsh kit has worked for me. I have a Linn Axis with a Goldring cartridge and Naim 92/140 pre-amp and power amp with SNAPS power supplydriving Naim Intro speakers. A great sound. Also have a Nakamichi CR3e and Marantz CD10 which both still sound great.
I listen to everything from '70s studio one Reggae to Hawkwind (Robert Calvert period), Jethro Tull, Gram Parsons, The Clash and The Stooges. Recently I have dipped back into Quadrophenia, which again sound great on vinyl.
