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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    yes the UK distributor gave up on Norma . not sure why . i believe they have a new one now but for a while there was an awful lot of bargains about
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    Sean Jacobs DC3 power supply in da house

    i use a dc3 psu on my bel canto pre 3 vbs . made a huge difference in weight of sound and bass
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    Your All Time Favorite Preamplifiers?

    My favourite pre amp was the Audio research ref 5se , utterly real and sadly missed . the bel canto pre amps are not as good but they are very enjoyable too and a lot cheaper
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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    yes the moonriver was not bad but i must confess i found it a bit polite . the norma has bite and its very smooth . I only heard the leben some years ago with these at a show so hard to compare . i do prefer the norma i think
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    QUAD Artera Pre...

    funnily enough i was just looking at one to buy on a website !! used to have a schiit freya . maybe other more quad based forums would be better https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/whats-a-good-pre-amp-for-quad-qsp.230129/page-2#post-4525175 lots of fans on pink fish media...
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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    highly modded impulse taus horns . here seen with boenicke for scale . they have exterior crossover and 93db impulse taus and boenicke by https://www.flickr.com/photos/158267783@N02/, on Flickr
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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    at the moment there are a number in uk at 2195 . this one i have is 2595 but rrp is is £3475 line only . 4024 with usb dac and 3694 with phono
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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    It's a new venture called Mana Audio. Nothing to do with the old equipment rack manufacturer Mana Acoustics. they also distribute these speakers https://rossofiorentino.com/
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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    got a norma audio 70b here right now on demo. lovely build quality . very smooth and powerful . norma have just got a new distributor in UK so good news really . they deserve to do well . i like it a lot ! P1070865 by , on Flickr
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    Moonriver 404 = Midrange Magic

    Funny thing I often go through the lovely south Devon town where graham audio are made and a friend has bought a pair and loves them
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    Moonriver 404 = Midrange Magic

    yes i should like to compare the 2 amps . the ref is quite a bit more . Moonriver-404 by , on Flickr
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    Moonriver 404 = Midrange Magic

    was that the standard version steve ?
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    Moonriver 404 = Midrange Magic

    been using the moonriver 404 ref for couple of weeks now with impulse taus RFC modded horns [ 93db]. very nice amp to use . i am VERY fussy about remotes and this one is just fine . Very anlogue sound, very realistic drums . its not the most powerful amp so i found the amphion 3s [ argon one in...
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    Gato pwr 222 monoblocks

    wow thanks bmw , there is a big love of gato in uk , friend of mine using the lovely 150 integrated with a focal 1028 and loves it. he had gamut power amp before some years ago. these are of course not easy to come by . i am always interested in comments about kit that is a decent size and...
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    Thrax Libra - A Statement Preamplifier and A Game Changer

    Yes would love to but brexit has made life harder and only 1 or 2 dealers in UK sadly
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    Thrax Libra - A Statement Preamplifier and A Game Changer

    great to see some thoughts on thrax , i had a thrax enyo integrated here for a few weeks and enjoyed it a lot . would love to try a pre amp one day P1050289 by , on Flickr P1050259 by , on Flickr P1050251 by , on Flickr
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    Metrum acoustics gone under ?

    good news , they are back in business !! https://alpha-audio.net/2020/07/metrum-acoustics-is-back/
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    Amp and Pre for Sorastro

    huge fan of verity audio , used to have the amazing rienzi . I believe i used an msb s200 with it which sounded just lovely with a variety of amps . a parsifal anniversary would be about the only speaker that would make me sell my current tannoys . love to some pics of your verity
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    Grandinote Shinai

    i rather liked this thread on Audioshark at the time https://www.audioshark.org/amplifiers-8/ugly-but-beautiful-sounds-grandinote-audio-italy-5879.html?highlight=pig+ugly
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    Grandinote Shinai

    yes i had the grandinote shinai here for a while , also had the proemio pre amp the latter combo is very special . pretty heavy but what a lovely pre amp . wrote a few words when i had these amps sometime ago i heard the integrated version of grandinote , the shinai with some heco direkt. the...
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    MSB S500 stereo poweramp

    ah yes , it is confusing i agree !!!
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    MSB S500 stereo poweramp

    nice pair here !! bargain http://www.emporiumhifi.com/west-london-branch/msb-202-monoblock-power-amps-retail-23000/
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    MSB S500 stereo poweramp

    and also looking forward to the s202 new msb amp 200 Watt Rating -Trickle-down technology from the S500 Stereo Amplifier -Zero Negative Feedback -Class A input stage -Class A/B output stage -Independent Input Stage and Output Stage power supplies -Shielded Transformers -Modular Core Design...
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    Metrum acoustics gone under ?

    Getting rumours that the aclaimed metrum acoustics is no more , anyone know any more . hope its wrong https://www.faillissementsdossier.nl/en/bankruptcy/1559206/all-engineering-b-v.aspx
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    Class D Mono Blocks vs Class A/B

    good to see some positive thoughts on the benchmark and look forward to vizcal`s thoughts when you get yours oh and just to cheer Kal up i repeat his words ! Also, and for the 3rd or 4th time on the forum: The Benchmark is NOT a Class D amp.
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    Class D Mono Blocks vs Class A/B

    ah thats great , i have had so many pre amps i have lost count . i had the modwright 36.5 dm [2 box ] pre but got fed up with 2 big boxes . having had a pre 3 which was easily bettered by a simple music first pre , when i tried the vbs version of the pre 3 it was a massive improvement . i have...
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    Class D Mono Blocks vs Class A/B

    you can read the review of the benchmark amp in hi fi critic which is a pretty highly regarded amp , the reviewer was involved with my msb amps in the past https://www.hificritic.com/store/p130/HIFICRITIC_Vol_10_No_2.html at the end of the day its what works in your system that matters if...
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    High gain preamplifier for a First Watt SIT-3?

    the arc G series is now discontinued , not sure why . i would use ARC pre with RCA and xlr outputs if i was buying one like the ref 5se perhaps . these xlr to rca can only be a compromise
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    Class D Mono Blocks vs Class A/B

    So far with my horns class d have been good 95% of the time , amazing air and sense of palpable realism BUT not as forgiving and unbelievably real as the Silbatone valve hybrid . That is ahead in terms of vocals and violin and playing old recordings , the class d on the horns got a bit hard...
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    Class D Mono Blocks vs Class A/B

    Had 2 lots of class d amps recently [ one set of modest monoblocks ] . totally surprised me in that the icepower asx50 mono`s were actually warm sounding . I have been researching the benchmark ahb2 , this amp measures incredibly well but a reviewer I have great regard for wrote some interesting...

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