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New integrated amp
Just to move away from previous post on the Yamaha, after a listening session yesterday with the Primare i32 and r32 phone stage which I enjoyed although over budget, just received an email with an offer on Exposure 3010 integrated with a MC phono stage included which is much closer to budget but would a round trip of 200 miles to audition. Really need to make a decision on this.
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I hate long drives, but 200 miles to pick up a piece of equipment is not so bad. I've done it a couple of times (London to near Bristol last time). I reckon there's likely to be less traffic where you are, so maybe not too much of an ordeal.
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Could be a nice day out Robin. Start early and enjoy trip. Have lunch enjoy music relaxed, and decide if its wortth the price to you.
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Nice quiet piece of road the M8 Geoff, probably more about the fact that it's a nightmare to park in EdinburghOriginally Posted by walpurgis
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Sounds like a plan Grant
Take the train. Always a better journey unless there is disruption.
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Then there is option of wine with lunch
Yes indeed. No traffic either.
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Might just stay with the Scandinavian influence and replace the Copland csa8 with the primare i32 and the r 32 phono stage and sod the budget
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I've bought a Pre32 and a r32 this year. The system has never sounded as good. The r32 was a big step up from the little Rothwell stage I had before, and the Pre32 is miles better than the Tag Mclaren PA20R that it replaced.rmcin626
Might just stay with the Scandinavian influence and replace the Copland csa8 with the primare i32 and the r 32 phono stage and sod the budget
Budgets are never good, anyway ! I remember from my childhood how once a year children's programmes were cancelled to be replaced with a boring old fart talking about stuff that wasn't even interesting. I thought maybe he was going to do a programme on little coloured australian birds, but no such luck.
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