Originally Posted by
jandl100
Interesting question.
Probably the Amptastic Mini-1.
That'll put 90% of you off.
The Marantz is very much that but writ-large and even better.
Similar you-are-there-ness immediacy and transparency, similar rich tonality, similar transient speed, similar soundstage/imaging 3D solidity.
All excellent aspects of the Mini-1.
Except all aspects are more so with the Marantz. And the Marantz has 35wpc, doubling into 4 ohms according to the spec, against the 8wpc of the Mini-1.
The Marantz is the Mini-1 all growed up.
... ish.
To my ears, it makes almost all other amps sound flat and boring.
Well I'm one of the 10% not put off. Bought one after borrowing your Mini-T a couple of years ago and it does sterling work in my second system (although it will happily drive the main system too). My only criticism would be that it could do with a bit more power. If the Marantz is like this but with added welly, it's got to be something good
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
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