Will now include
Marantz pm4
Valve amp up to around the 400 mark
Eg wad mel84
Or could stretch a little further for a jsoundlab 300b.
Open to suggestions
Will now include
Marantz pm4
Valve amp up to around the 400 mark
Eg wad mel84
Or could stretch a little further for a jsoundlab 300b.
Open to suggestions
Last edited by philv; 01-12-2017 at 13:14.
A bit over your £400 budget but still good value:
Glasshouse Passive Pre £120 delivered
WAD KEL80 Monos £350
Oops...i posted that in the wrong thread.
Interesting suggestion. Thanks
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I'm charles.
The obvious solution is to buy some Harbeth speakers because all amplifiers apparently sound the same through them...
Thanks or all the recommendations.
As a complete about face, i have gone for a
vintage Marantz 2215b receiver.
After a couple of miserable ebay experiences trying to source an amplifier for christmas, hopefully this will be 3rd time lucky.
I'm looking forward to Bing Crosby for Christmas :-)
Well, finally received tne marantz 2215b in tne post.
Apart from a very minor ding to the edge of the faceplate which isn’t particularly noticeable, it could be stright from the factory.
As for the pairing with the ms pageant 2, 40 odd year old gear shouldn’t sound this good so cheaply should it?
First time i have heard the pageants, and they are stupidly cheap on ebay, if you can recap tnem.
Much better than i expected.
I have been after some snell k for ages, as rhey seem to go in to the stratosphere pricewuse.
They aren’t 10 to 15 tmes better than tne pageans for sure.
All in all, a very enjoyable listen.
Oh....and the marantz has tne same speaker termnals as the pageants.
Saying they ate the work of tne devil was beng kind.