Howard Popeck writes: Try as I might, and frankly I don’t try all that hard that often, I'm rather taken with the look of an audiophile item to the extent that I’ll buy, or covet it. Yes, it’s sad. But … Or put differently, the sound quality takes second place – sometimes. My Yamaha C1 pre amp was a case in point. More controls than the flight deck of an SR-71, and a sound quality that was merely okay.

On the other hand, I bought the Lecson AC1/AP1 and not only did it look magnificent, but sounded so too. Similarly with the austere Meridian 101/103D, the 101/105 and the Boothroyd Stuart Orpheus. And the point of this is, well what precisely?

Well, I'm not immune. And this brings me to the Revox B750 Mk2 amplifier. In those days, and I'm talking about 1981 here, the word Revox was synonymous with impeccable engineering and sound quality. A bit like Nagra is today, or Accuphase for that matter. The slight difference being that Revox were .....

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