I've read good things about certain models and not so good for others. Won't they let you have them on home dem?
Adey
In perpetual pursuit.
I've read good things about certain models and not so good for others. Won't they let you have them on home dem?
Adey
In perpetual pursuit.
Technics SP10 mk2
Jan Allaerts MC 1 Boron mk1 cart
Miyajima Shilabe cart
Hashimoto HM-X SUT
Siggwan (gimballed not unipivot) Cocobola 12"
Aurorasound Vida LCR Phonostage
The Truth linestage
Dave Slagle Autoformer Volume Controller
Cary 805c SET amps
Audio Note ANe-SPX speakers
Townshend Isolda speaker cables
Cardas Golden Presence interconnects
Yes, I believe I could have a home dem on these...... they do look quite large in size tho. We're off on holiday this weekend so will give it some thought.
Had the pleasure (not) of hearing Vincent gear when Sounds of Music were the distributor back in 2006, wasn't massively impressed with the only valve amp I saw and heard which looked like a small scale UK sourced valve amp brand that used to advertise in UK HiFi mags (can't recall the name) - which it probably was. Brand based in Germany selling Chinese identi-kit electronics as many were back then. I am afraid that swapping a few components and changing the name doesn't change the fact that much of this type of stuff was not much different to the Chinese kit it resembled and in reality still was.
I heard some higher end Vincent called TAC that looked nice and sounded ok, but subsequently saw similar gear under another brand name so felt confused to exactly what it was and where it was coming from. Its almost like, some companies were picking kit out of Chinese catalogues in order to create products for their brand name, instead of developing their own kit from scratch.
UK distribution of Vincent/TAC changed, the replacement distributor lost it after about a year, Ruark took it on briefly, then Missing Link took it on. Frankly even if it sounds good selling it on, if you don't like it, will be hard. Brand has little visibility in the UK market and its credibility isn't great.
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Sums it up well.
As a retailer I need to make sure that products not only sound good but should be well built, reliable, sensible, come from a good company with great backup. So many products don't tick all these boxes and disappear from the market. These will be very difficult to move on when the time comes or have to be sold at derisory prices.
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Not a fan of Alfa Romeo then Dave?
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Indeed; if you buy stuff from companies like that you either have to keep it or buy it cheap enough that it doesnt matter. Chinese gear if selected right ticks the right boxes. This latest dac/headphone amp for price is amazing. Hard to understand how they do it tbh. That amp Jerry bought is same, and the dac pre that Paul bought too, all tick the boxes.
If your spending real money then make it something that will sell on without losing much
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yes in the old days you could box swap for for hearts content ....not any more .
I noticed a lovely good vfm Vincent integrated been up for sale for months with no sale but it does look good .
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