Long overdue upgrade

[Frazeur1]

Shoot yeah, get the Copland serviced and keep on going! Those are nice and smooth sounding amps!

[rmcin626]

That might still happen

[Dauntless]

If your grand was mine this is where my money would go :-
http://www.iqspeakers.co.uk/#!abraha...mplifier/c1vfy
You will have to look long and hard to fine a better amp than this.

[Dauntless]

My pleasure. There are much within your budget (I'm sure others will come with many other good suggestions soon), but I can at least vouch for the Hegel. Super amplifier and dac.

The USB input lets you use the included remote control to maneuver through the playlists on your Mac. Features such as skip / play / pause works right out of the box without any setup.

Over her this amp cost 9995 Norwegian Kroners, which should be around £ 850. But possibly it is more expensive abroad...

Hegel H80 around £288 more expensive in the UK than Norway More rip off Britain me thinks

[rmcin626]

The Copland has gone in for a service today, once I have it back will look at the options - if I decide to keep it I might look at upgrading the phono box

[Simon_Nottingham]

What about the new Croft Phono Integrated - at a nice round £1,000.

[hifi_dave]

Now, that is a good amp.

[rmcin626]

It is and will add it to the selection process

[Simon_Nottingham]

It is and will add it to the selection process

The phono stage should be bob on as well, almost certainly better than many external ones, so as that's your main source it's worth bearing in mind. You could sell the current external head amp to help towards the purchase.

From a fellow Nottingham Analogue owner :-)

[rmcin626]

Just need to track one down for a listen