Justin & Jerry's Hifi Blog

[walpurgis]

Suppose I may as well list mine.

Some are a bit obscure and members may not be familiar with them all.

Pre-amps.

MingDa MC-9 TVC.
VTL Deluxe valve job.


Power amps.

Pair Classic Tubes CT15 EL34 valve monoblocks.
Monarchy Audio SM-70 solid state Class A.
Monarchy Audio SM-70 Pro solid state Class A.

Integrated amp.

JVC AX-A441.

[Macca]

I've sold some amps recently so down to an HK 930 receiver, three power amps and 3 integrateds. And 3 A/V amps. And 2 pre amps. Not too bad by comparison.

[User211]

Air Tight ATL10a passive pre with $1000 upgrade Alps pot.
Cayin C100 (modified SC-10). Excellent thing.

Luxman L-435 Integrated
Austria Analogue 211 monos (excellent)
Accuphase M-60 monos (ace)
Apart Champ - still assessing but very promising. Soon to hit some proper speakers.

[jandl100]

Well, I plumbed my new Apart Champ One amp in when it arrived a few days ago just to make sure it was all OK.

And it's still there and making very fine music.

Yes, there is a touch of dryness to the treble as Justin has said. Strangely that notices most on rock music vocals, not classical.
Good clarity, rez - nicely rich tonality as well.
Not quite the hear-thru transparency of my Lowther Club Jazz valve amp, but few things do, bar Justin's amazing Accu-amps.
Seemingly limitless power.
Damn, another amp I want to keep.


Stock photo to show the innards, and the prettily curved heatsinks ...



Coo, look at that transformer - no wonder it doesn't seem to run out of power.




Thanks, Duncan.

[User211]

Have you tried the SS/tube switch yet? Still not taken the back panel of mine. Will plug it into the main system before the end of the easter break.

[jandl100]

No, not yet.

[User211]

Just had the back panel off and, switching between solid state and tube mode on the fly is pretty subtle on speakers with no bass i.e. the M&Ds. A slight loss of res in tube mode maybe?

If I walked in the room, not knowing the setting, with the M&Ds, I definitely couldn't tell you which mode it was in with any degree of reliability.

BTW it is the middle switch, Jerry, and you'll need a screwdriver to poke down inside a bit and change it.

[jandl100]

My 4 main amps ....



Top to bottom on the left; Yarland FV-34Ciii (12wpc), Inca Tech Claymore (50wpc), Apart Champ One (300wpc)
And on the right; Lowther Club of Hong Kong Jazz 6L6 (but fitted with 6BG6) (8wpc)

The Jazz is currently plumbed in, but any can be made ready in about 1 minute.

All are different sounding, all are good - I love them all!

[Macca]

You need more wires

[jandl100]

No such thing as too many wires.