Originally Posted by
Mikeandvan
I really don't think the issues I've been having are down to a lack of power as the soro is beefy enough, and the ANJs are very easy to drive. I reckon a lot of valve users never go anywhere near rock music, so never get the cause to complain. The s500 I have too has been modded with a power supply added, so there we go. Doing a lot of changing recently, with TTs and the like so hopefully can tweak sound more to my liking in that department. End of the day though, I still reckon I'll have to buy a an SS amp if I wanna rock out, I think a £1000 or just over is the most I'll pay for each component, so that rules out £3K for a valve amp that can do rock re Marcos reccomendation. Thanks for your reply Ade, the Rega amps I briefly tried didn;t work out for me, I found the Brio too brash and the Mira too smooth, even more so than Quad. I wanted something with bite to change to when listening to certain rock music, and the regas were too extreme in either direction. I could have played around different speakers etc but they fell at the first hurdle, so I thought just leave it, they're now on ebay. I'll be changing my living room around soon and the AN Js will have more freedom positioning wise, so I hope they'll sound a bit better then. With all this in mind, I wonder what carts I should buy next, one for the Garrard with a Mayware tonearm, and one for the 1210 GR with 750D, might aim cheap and have more choice, old Shures etc.