Just connected up an old friend, Radford STA25 III

[spendorman]

It's been so cold recently, thought that the extra couple of hundred watts or so of heat into the room would not be wasted.

Really enjoying the music, amp is connected to my slightly odd speakers, effectively, Rogers BBC LS3/6 fitted with Rogers Export Monitor bass units.

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[JohnJo]

They are such an iconic amp. Would love to hear one.

[dantheman91]

Dribbling.........

[spendorman]

I've had this amp for something like 40 years. It was not new then, made a sort of swap. Swapped my pair of 12" Tannoy Monitor Silvers in nice cabinets for the STA25. In hindsight, financially was not not a good deal at present day prices, however, I very much appreciate the amp, and have replaced the Silvers with HPD315's.

[Barry]

Very nice Alex.

Although I'm predominately a solid-state user (Quad, Mark Levinson), I wouldn't part with my Radford STA15 Mk. III. It's a lovely match with the Quad 57 ESLs.

(By the way, I corrected a typo in the title of your thread.)

[spendorman]

Very nice Alex.

Although I'm predominately a solid-state user (Quad, Mark Levinson), I wouldn't part with my Radford STA15 Mk. III. It's a lovely match with the Quad 57 ESLs.

(By the way, I corrected a typo in the title of your thread.)

Me too, usually, disconnected a Quad 303 to put the Radford on. There is a difference in sound. Prefer the Radford. My 57's may need some attention. I did some work on them about 27 years ago, new treble panels and various components on the underside of the audio transformers.

Thanks for correcting the typo, I'm quite good at those.

[Barry]

One day I'll have to A-B the Radford with a 303 using my Quads.

[spendorman]

One day I'll have to A-B the Radford with a 303 using my Quads.

Many years ago I tried that, to me the difference was not that much, with the other speakers the difference seemed greater. These Rogers speaker things are very revealing, in some respects, more so than the 57's.

[The Black Adder]

A proper amp... Lovely.

[User211]

I have to be honest I think the aesthetics are in the "so ugly it's cool" camp. But ugly they are I'm sure to non hi-fi types.