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jandl100
12-10-2008, 07:36
Here we have a tasty piece of hi-end Japanese hi-tech-ery ...

An Esoteric AZ-1 DAC / class-D amp.
You want warm & cuddly? - then you need to look elswhere!
Clear, lucid and hugely enjoyble - I just love class D switching amps. :) I've never heard a bad one.

Digital and analog inputs - so just feed your digital stream staright in. ;)

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/EsotericAZ-12.jpg

And my latest pride & joy ... a pair of Audio Physic Virgo II speakers. A real toughie to set up in my room - very finicky about placement - but I've pretty much got there now & these are keepers for the nonce. My old speakers are sold already!

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/APVirgo2.jpg

The AP by-line is "No loss of fine detail" - damn right there! :) I must confess that I am now curious about larger AP speakers - these don't have the low-end welly of the 10 inchers in my old SD1s ....

Filterlab
12-10-2008, 09:30
...You want warm & cuddly? - then you need to look elswhere!
Clear, lucid and hugely enjoyble - I just love class D switching amps. :) I've never heard a bad one....

I concur fully Jerry, awesome thing is class D. Have you heard the Nuforce range at all? Staggeringly good and amazingly transparent, miniscule size too. After I've moved house I think I'll treat myself to a pair of the Reference 9 V2SEs

jandl100
12-10-2008, 12:23
Hi Rob

Yup, I owned the original NuForce Ref 8 monoblocks. Very musical indeed. :)