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Well, a couple of us forum guys had had a little shoot out today, with a Manley stingray intergrated/ Belcanto evo2i and the Minorly tweeked minimax Pre/ Class Wm 75wrms power amp, all using the same cdp and cables.The MM/Wm combo Spanked the lot of em' in no small order.
The Belcanto 2i wasn't even in the running shocking but true.
Outgunned in every area, especially in the presence, weight, realism & sheer musicality departments.
The Manley was next, giving a good all round pleasing performance, followed up by the B/c I'm afraid so, its still a good piece of kit, but was outclassed by the manley and positively embarassed by the mm/wm combo.
So time to go work on the pre this week, plus some new valves to try. This little Cheapo pre when paired correctly can sing some what, even JJ the hardened bottle head was some what surprsied Wm

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<blockquote data-quote="wadia-miester" data-source="post: 616990" data-attributes="member: 1021">Well, a couple of us forum guys had had a little shoot out today, with a Manley stingray intergrated/ Belcanto evo2i and the Minorly tweeked minimax Pre/ Class Wm 75wrms power amp, all using the same cdp and cables.The MM/Wm combo Spanked the lot of em' in no small order.The Belcanto 2i wasn't even in the running&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> shocking but true.Outgunned in every area, especially in the presence, weight, realism &amp; sheer musicality departments.The Manley was next, giving a good all round pleasing performance, followed up by the B/c&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> I'm afraid so, its still a good piece of kit, but was outclassed by the manley and positively embarassed by the mm/wm combo.So time to go work on the pre this week, plus some new valves to try. This little Cheapo pre when paired correctly can sing some what, even JJ the hardened bottle head was some what surprsied&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Wm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wadia-miester, post: 616990, member: 1021"] Well, a couple of us forum guys had had a little shoot out today, with a Manley stingray intergrated/ Belcanto evo2i and the Minorly tweeked minimax Pre/ Class Wm 75wrms power amp, all using the same cdp and cables.The MM/Wm combo Spanked the lot of em' in no small order. The Belcanto 2i wasn't even in the running :eek: shocking but true. Outgunned in every area, especially in the presence, weight, realism & sheer musicality departments. The Manley was next, giving a good all round pleasing performance, followed up by the B/c :eek: I'm afraid so, its still a good piece of kit, but was outclassed by the manley and positively embarassed by the mm/wm combo. So time to go work on the pre this week, plus some new valves to try. This little Cheapo pre when paired correctly can sing some what, even JJ the hardened bottle head was some what surprsied :) Wm [/QUOTE]

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