Most beautiful amp and or preamp

[dan31]

Dynaudio Arbiter

Lyra connisseur

 

[Tango]

I am for ageless industrial look. For SS I adore the Mark Levinson. For tube, the Lamm.

 

[IanG-UK]

I only keep two 205 remotes and the 204 CD player, unfortunately in non serviceable condition. But at some time I owned the full system, including the very rare tuner, a good friend was the distributor and I could not say no ...

Reference to "204" and "205" reminds me of two really beautiful hifi ranges from many years ago by Meridian - the 101 pre, 103 and 105 power, 104 tuner (dating from 1977); and then the 201 pre and 202 pre, 204 tuner, 205 power, 206 cd and 207 cd and 208 pro cd. All small, minimal and beautiful.

 

[microstrip]

What is broken ? The remote or the CD player ? I still have contact
with the designer Bo Christensen.

The 204 CD player, remotes are mint. Bo Christensen got an working 204 from me for his personnel collection long ago. I only later on got the one I have now - in miserable electrical condition, someone had been trying to repair it and ruined the boards - for nostalgia. My plans were just putting a compatible CD mechanism with an SPDIF output inside the machine. In case you ever need I have the 200 series schematics somewhere.

Bo is a great designer - at that time he sent me some sketches of a new prototype he was designing for Roksan - they looked to be the predecessor of Devialet!

 

[microstrip]

Reference to "204" and "205" reminds me of two really beautiful hifi ranges from many years ago by Meridian - the 101 pre, 103 and 105 power, 104 tuner (dating from 1977); and then the 201 pre and 202 pre, 204 tuner, 205 power, 206 cd and 207 cd and 208 pro cd. All small, minimal and beautiful.

Only keep the 104 tuner, it takes very little space!

 

[howiebrou]

 

[howiebrou]

 

[howiebrou]

 

[Kal Rubinson]

This thread has reproduced the results of similar threads I've seen over the years, those asking for the most beautiful as well as those asking for the ugliest. Like those other threads, it contains such a mix that either title could apply. De gustibus.......

 

[Lagonda]

This thread has reproduced the results of similar threads I've seen over the years, those asking for the most beautiful as well as those asking for the ugliest. Like those other threads, it contains such a mix that either title could apply. De gustibus.......

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ! One mann’s beautiful is someone else’s
ugly

 

[Lagonda]

The 204 CD player, remotes are mint. Bo Christensen got an working 204 from me for his personnel collection long ago. I only later on got the one I have now - in miserable electrical condition, someone had been trying to repair it and ruined the boards - for nostalgia. My plans were just putting a compatible CD mechanism with an SPDIF output inside the machine. In case you ever need I have the 200 series schematics somewhere.

Bo is a great designer - at that time he sent me some sketches of a new prototype he was designing for Roksan - they looked to be the predecessor of Devialet!

I bought mine from his personal collections, maybe it used to be yours.
I also , have a complete set of Primare 928, bought new back in 1986. The Pre has excellent, highly adjustable MM and MC inputs, very neutral sounding.
Bo was the importer of Martin Logan at the time and i purchased the set
CLS’s that was used to develop and voice the 928 amplifier set from him.

 

[jeff1225]

 

[NorthStar]

 

[NorthStar]

 

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[NorthStar]

 

[Hi-FiGuy]

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Calms the mind of the OCD!

 

[howiebrou]

This thread has reproduced the results of similar threads I've seen over the years, those asking for the most beautiful as well as those asking for the ugliest. Like those other threads, it contains such a mix that either title could apply. De gustibus.......

May be we should do a most beautiful and ugliest avatar?

 

[jdza]