Did see a pass clone amp on one forum , Joe Henry builds some lovely clones on eBay.
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Did see a pass clone amp on one forum , Joe Henry builds some lovely clones on eBay.
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Eric Bibb
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Another vote for Neurochrome here.
I've recently gone from a Joe Henry Pass Labs Aleph3 clone to Neurochrome 86 monoblocks and am very glad I did. Gets my recommendation.
Dave
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I'm Phil.
now thats interesting dave , Ad audio is thinking of building those neurochrome . i still love my icepower amps , going to see if stefans sa-01 can beat them
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Eric Bibb
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Phil, are you confident with your Icepower amps as transparent?
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the funny thing is you would think these things were cool and neutral , rather like naim perhaps . the strange thing is they are on the side of warm and sound very realistic on the end of bel canto . yes they are transparent but only in a good way. just very musical . they replaced a 16k power amp [ 200 watt class AB] had to sell to pay the bills and bought these 300 quid monoblocks . obviously they are not as good but they are mighty enjoyable !!!!!
looking forward to comparing with stefans amps
there is a beautiful pair of supercharged temple audio monoblocks here , someone might like them a lot !! you hear a lot of folks raving about them
https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/thre...c-psus.250795/
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Eric Bibb
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Across the Hi-Fi fraternity I have numerously heard the view that Naim are gritty and certainly not regarded as neutral.
When you say 16k, I presume £16k which is a hell of a lot for an amp, what was it? I thought my ATC SPA2 was expensive at £4.5k.
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Another vote for the Neurochrome 686. They can be built for around 2k .
It really is very simple too. Tom has made it idiot proof , I mean I’ve managed it ok so it must be.
It’s a brilliant piece of kit for the money . You’d be looking at at least 4-5 times that in a retail environment. It has mega detail and transparency without being sterile and fatiguing. It’s a no brainer
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A Mod-686 would be overkill. A mod-86 or -286 would be fine.
Kevin
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Hi
As Phil says I'm building some Neurochrome 686s. Parts arriving tomorrow, case later. I'll report back in due course on Sound Quality and build costs etc.
David
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