| Title: | You get surface noise in real life too |
| Notice: | Let's be conformist |
| Moderator: | GOVT02::BARKER |
| Created: | Thu Jul 28 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 550 |
| Total number of notes: | 3847 |
I am curious after reading several UK magazines (HIFI Choice,
Audiophile) about the number of good integrated amps from the UK.
I have seen reviews of Arcam, Creek, Cambridge Audio, Audiolab in US
magazines but dealers are as hard to find as a honest politician! I
also saw a Magnum amp in one of your magazines. It is interesting that
there supposed to be made in Canada but my Magnum dealer doesn't have
one. Anybody heard this unit. Last question is about the Pioneer AV
400 is this really as good as the press say it is ( HIFI Choice Seemed
to love Pioneers Amp,CD,Cassette Deck) or is this another snow job like
Adcom was in the U.S. to sell Japanse goods. At least we recogonize
Pioneer name as offshore. If this unit is good is it available here or
under another model number.
Thanx
Bob "Image is everything"sic
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| 348.1 | WIKKIT::WARWICK | Trevor Warwick | Tue Feb 25 1992 17:48 | 11 | |
I've never heard an A400, but it does seem to have been praised to the
skies by certain magazines. I think it's the sort of product that you
either love or hate - many people have apparently found it bright and
fatiguing, while others praise its clarity.
A lot of the places that sell it aren't really recognised HiFi
dealers, so I think it's quite difficult to compare one against the
home grown competition.
Trevor
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| 348.2 | FORTY2::SHIPMAN | MOG | Wed Feb 26 1992 09:17 | 15 | |
Yes, we do quite well here for good integrated amps. The Pioneer A400 is certainly a nice amplifier but it's not the final word the hype may suggest. It's a pretty decent power amp but its phono section is not at all hot. I've heard that people get good results from an A400 coupled with an outboard Moth phono stage - I can't remember what that costs but it's probably twice the price of the Pioneer. I've never heard an A400 in a 'real' hi-fi system but making allowances for the other kit I've heard it with it seemed to do a good job. Detailed, perhaps a bit hard, but I wouldn't want to suggest problems that are in fact caused by the other kit. I reckon for a good, cheap, musical amp you can't do much better at the moment than an Arcam Alpha (mark 3 I think it is). Not a vast amount of power, not shockingly detailed, no surprises, but you can listen to it forever. Nick | |||||