Originally Posted by
Beobloke
With all due respect Dave ('cos you're a lovely fella!) I'm afraid Jerry has hit the nail on the head here:
Personally, I'm a big fan of Rega in general, but also like Roksan gear and have heard Cyrus kit make some lovely noises (including the setup owned by my brother-in-law).
All three companies have made plenty of stunning kit and the odd item that was personally not to my liking but, as Jerry said, sweeping generalisations do no-one any favours and only ensure that anyone who wishes to have a pop at you has suitable ammunition.
Does your bro in law have his stuff with PSXR's on everything, 'cos most of what I heard without them sounded a bit anaemic and not very musical at all? The £500 ish amp that Roksan market is the Kandy - I said the Caspian was rather different and not generalising but the Kandy was horrid.
The main cause of the torrent from NVA Towers is mainly due to the Brio R for some reason, and not really Glenn's stuff (a piece of which I own incidentally). So, maybe i should start a separate thread on asking about NEW dealer-available £500 integrateds which sound good, offer good reliability, fine sonics for the price and last well.....
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