Pretty cool jerry...no danger of it shooting off the rack I take it?
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Pretty cool jerry...no danger of it shooting off the rack I take it?
Nah, those 3 footers are supporting 27Kg - once in place, I think it's staying. :)
Interesting Jerry
Do you have an eBay link ?
You could probably achieve the same thing by suspending the amp with some string. :eek:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3908902888...%3AMEBIDX%3AITQuote:
Originally Posted by Sovereign
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And my new amplification has arrived and been installed ....
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A Virtue Audio "Sensation" (luv the name :eyebrows:) M451 class D integrated amp, see it sitting under the rather larger Minging Da valve amp. Cute, innit. :)
It came with the standard (i.e. cheap!) PSU box - but without proper cabling to connect the two :doh: . That's now sorted, at least temporarily, and the amp is up and going.
It turns out to be very dependent on power cable into the PSU box - I started off with a Naim mains cable that just happened to be lying around untried.
Oh dear, what a disappointing amp - it was "OK", but not much more than that, kind of bland and a fair bit uninteresting. :(
It was only after a few hours of hoping the amp would warm up and improve that I remembered the power cable being used was not one of my regulars. Swapped it over and ..... light and life and MUSIC!! :yay:
A friend had recommended the £30 Naim mains lead a few months ago and I'd never got around to trying it. Sheesh. What a load of crap. :rolleyes:
Anyhoo - my usual Nordost Magus power lead worked its magic and brought the amp to life.
I sense the sceptics rolling their eyes heavenwards - :D - but no, I'm a firm believer in the benefits of mains cables, although it's rare in my experience for differences to be this obvious.
Early days yet, but as usual I am enjoying class D sound - it is quite distinctive, there's a 3D roundness to the imaging that seems real, and a palpability and presence to the sound that just hits the right buttons for me.
As usual, it lacks the ultimate in rez, rapid runs on a geetar, for example, tend to blur together. And with the Sensation amp the bass is just a little woolly - quite a contrast to the almost stark tautness of the bass from Amptastic class D amps, for example.
But the Word is that the more expensive PSUs available for the amp provide worthwhile improvements, so I'll be investigating those, I think - I've been particularly recommended the battery PSU option. Yep, I may well put in an order.
Nice one Jerry . Like you I'm a big fan of T amps and use my Amptastic Mini- 1 on a regular basis . When I saw this amp for sale my finger was hovering over the ' purchase ' button . Unfortunately other things have to take precedence at the minute. Although I know that mains cables can and do make a very audible difference I'm quite surprised at the extent of the change different mains cables have made to this amp. I now use a 12V car battery with my Amptastic and it does make a big difference so everything is worth investigating I reckon.
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Originally Posted by jandl100
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