I have to say that these same kef reference 105/4's sounded great on the end of my gorgeous Marantz pm4 in class A mode @15wpc .( another lucky gentleman owns the PM4 now ) .
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I'm Andrew.
I have to say that these same kef reference 105/4's sounded great on the end of my gorgeous Marantz pm4 in class A mode @15wpc .( another lucky gentleman owns the PM4 now ) .
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Andrew, that Teac Ai300 looks the mutts nutts! More importantly......How does it sound...???
I've never seen one before, is it a classA amp...? Does it run hot when really pushed..? Are these a current model or an older design..?
Tis a thing of beauty......Where did you find that monster..?
Regards;
Peter
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I'm Shane.
My father very briefly had the Teac Ai300. We both didn't get on very well with the ''Beast'' Finding the sound too forward and dry. It just wasn't a pleasant listen!
I'm not sure if the latter was just down to batch or our room!
The build quality is indeed impressive though.
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I'm Andrew.
Well to me it does everything that all my other amps did but better and in one package .This really was a leap of faith and I am very very pleased with it .
I genuinely can't fault it .
Should anyone fancy a demo you are welcome, just pm me .
I have listened all day today without fatigue and it's barely warm .
I believe it runs in class A/B .
It is the nuts mate .
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I have the last of the Reference 105 series, the 105.3 (yes the 3 came after the 4... go figure) and they are incredibly easy to drive. They have KEF's Conjugate Load Matching (last KEF to use it IIRC) which means ruler flat impedance (4 Ohm) and are 93dB/W. Even my Leak Stereo 20 at 10WPC drives them great
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Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
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