Justin & Jerry's Hifi Blog

[alphaGT]

The beauty of the Magnum Dynalab is in the hearing! Wonderful FM music, easy to listen to. I guess it seems logical
That big speakers sound big, and quite often do. But I've heard some well made little speakers with a sub in the corner that also sound very big! And often with greater pin point soundstaging.


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[jandl100]

Sadly that beauty would be lost for me, FM reception is pretty much zero where I live.

[jandl100]

Nobby is back in harness.

-- aka Nobsound NS-02G - my John Linsley Hood circuit 10wpc class A solid state Chinese amp.
Nobsound.

It sounds fabulously transparent and 3D and detailed after about a 1 hour warm up.

My vintage Philips Black Tulip pre/power is resting for a while.

Here's Nobby lit up with Tiffy in the foreground....

[Bigman80]

Nobby is back in harness.

-- aka Nobsound NS-02G - my John Linsley Hood circuit 10wpc class A solid state Chinese amp.
Nobsound.

It sounds fabulously transparent and 3D and detailed after about a 1 hour warm up.

My vintage Philips Black Tulip pre/power is resting for a while.

Here's Nobby lit up with Tiffy in the foreground....

I saw one on eBay,. What's the verdict of the Nobsound ?

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[nthall]

I have 37 packages en-route via China Post. I went on a Chinese clone kit buying spree a couple of weeks ago.

[jandl100]

Like I said ...

It sounds fabulously transparent and 3D and detailed after about a 1 hour warm up.

It really does sound awful when you first turn it on, though - it's quite like having your speakers out of phase. After 10 minutes or so it starts to come together.
It gets quite warm.

I've not heard a better amp if you want accuracy - but you do need to be able to get away with 10wpc which kind of limits speaker and/or music choice.
It's fine for my 86dB/W (effective in-room efficiency) easy to drive speakers on pretty much any classical music, but I have heard it clip on rock music played loud.
You just need to pair it sensibly with speakers.
I don't like Tannoys personally, but I can imagine it being a superb choice for those that do.

It's very low noise, I use it with the volume turned up to max (with volume controlled elsewhere) and there is no amp noise at all through my MBL speakers.

[nthall]

I play rock music loud. My speakers are 98dB, but they seem to like some headroom. I never get the knob to halfway on a 35-45 watt amp, but they really seem to light up on amps that have the extra power on tap.

[walpurgis]

It really does sound awful when you first turn it on, though - it's quite like having your speakers out of phase. After 10 minutes or so it starts to come together.
It gets quite warm.

That's much like my Monarchy Audio Class A amps. They sound crude, dead and flat when first turned on. The magic starts about ten or fifteen minutes later. The transformation is unbelievable. Puts a grin on my face each time.

[jandl100]

That's much like my Monarchy Audio Class A amps. They sound crude, dead and flat when first turned on. The magic starts about ten or fifteen minutes later. The transformation is unbelievable. Puts a grin on my face each time.

Hmm.
I have previously 'dissed' those Monarchy amps.
I had some on loan and they sounded awful - dead, flat, boring.
However, although it is many years ago and I cannot remember, it is possible that I didn't give them a chance to warm up!
I wouldn't have believed it possible that an amp can change so much as it warms up until I heard it with Nobby.
I may well have sold the Monarchy amps seriously short. Mayhap those class A tranny amps do all need quite a while to come on song?

[Bigman80]

I have 37 packages en-route via China Post. I went on a Chinese clone kit buying spree a couple of weeks ago.

Lmao. That'll keep you busy

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