Amp time is acoming

well, funds are riseing and Mrs penance says 'lets do it'
Ive been looking at quite a few amps, mostly s/h.
My plan is to get a power amp and use the shearne as a pre until funds allow purchase of a simple dedicated pre.
I was looking at Bel Canto import but i think i may be better looking elsewhere due to costs and also i have a dislike of private s/h for some reason.
Sim was considered, when i marry the queen of sheeba
Sooo, as it stands i have around £700 but spending less is better
Also considered the Avondale modules, but after hearing the valve gear the other week i seriously wonder if that would make me happy.
Obviously the valve amp in my sights is the WAD KAT6550. Again buying blind but i am fairly sure if it turned out not to be good with the Dyns i could sell and recover expenses.
So..............give me your ideas
what would you do..................

 

i believe dynaudio used naim amps to develop some of their range. you might look for a 2nd hand 112/150 or even consider a new nait 5i.
just a thought. you should be able to demo.
cheers


julian

 

Are you sure about that?

I'm not sure who it was, but I'm pretty sure I heard otherwise.

 

i could do Julian, but im not really int the Naim sound. Although i might be surprised.

 

dynaudio use bryston and chord. pmc use bryston. as far as i am aware linn in the 80s used naim.

 

well, i suspect Bryston will be a tad on the steep side


MO! did you vote for STFU??

 

Well, there were quite a few Evo 200.2 power amps on Audiogon up until recently, looks like they've all been snapped up, you could bought one into the country for about the £700 mark inclusive of delivery and taxes.

I've not had or heard of any major problems with Audiogon. There's a better class of trader on there IME, they're just much better bred stock than the great un-washed who generally inhabit E-bay, IMHO.

 

Dynaudio use Gryphon and SimAudio

Michael.

 

affordable valve company

 

So you got lucky...but what's that got to do with hifi :shame:

Dynaudios need amps with loads of welly - good current delivery more than large numbers of watts. Difficult choice. Go for the WAD

Michael.

 

£700 of you look hard
IMO bargain of the decade

 

Penance,

This may be unfashionable, but do check out the large Rotel power amps, before you part with dosh. I have had two of these at home and have been very surprised at how well they gell with my Dyns. A local dealer should have one he can lend you to try.

 

Nope, I've not voted for anything.

Who was it Dyn were auditioning with at recent shows? I remeber several people on several boards mentioning how the same set up was being used in two rooms (the speaker deMO using ??? electronics, and, ??? electronics using dyn speakers). And one room apparently sounded utter pants, while the other was great.

 

Micheal, tad of sarcasm about the WAD?

Yaboo, i did see that krell earlier today - never heard Krell gear, any opinion?
is it a KSA50?

Paul, yes i heard an RB1070 with my kit a while back and it wasnt so bad, maybe ill put it back on the list

 

c'mon
who is voting, tell me what you think?

 

Just enquired about a Bel Canto 2000.2 on audiogon
up for $1100, with taxes it works out around 750 ish, but thats without shipping.
waiting for the seller to let me know shipping costs.

 

Yes is a KSA50 mk 2 ..........wonderful,sublime,intoxicating,can do ball busting thing too........I had one yrs ago, been looking a long while for one in this nick with a good known history

everyone raves about the latest this and that....just try and get a listen to one,in partership with a ARCSP9 musical bliss

 

and it was advertised where?

the one i saw was 749..........

 

I'll wager that a 200.2 will destroy the krell in a head to head

 

shame there arent any in the UK