Sony amp

[Reid Malenfant]

6 filing cabinets full of schematics.

I wish I could have saved them when the firm went down, bugger

Not to worry, most was just jap crap anyway If ever a firm had a good idea but totally f*cked up the implementation then that was it

You'll be seeing the schematic for one channel shortly

[Dave Hewitt]

Di Doo.

[ourdogmax]

Well Mark, some of it was better than the screechy anaemic sounding shite from Britain.

One of the worst offenders had to be Audiolab with there wonderful 8000A. (had one)

Linn LK series (had some)

We were all told in the 80' this black box and that black box was better than anything else.
Pfft, in the words of Jim Royle, "MY ARSE".

And there are many company's, gone the way of the DODO.

Is it because of of reliability issues, probably.

more likely people caught on to the con.

£500 for a Brit(ttle) dodgy box or £100 for something that may not tick every box sonically. But will still be working in say, 30 years time.

I'm not saying all Brit hi-fi is that way.
It just seemed to be a problem at the time. All detail and no enjoyment.

I now use Chinese valve amps 10 wpc, and have never been happier.

Iv'e had all sorts, now, Iv'e never had an amp over £20000.
So if you're rich and can afford owt, ignore this.

If you're on a budget, like me don't ignore Asian audio.

YOU CAN MUCH WORSE AND PAY THROUGH THE NOSE.

[Gromit]

Slight thread resurrection here - just scored myself what looks like a rather sweet Sony TA-F670ES, along with matching ST-570ES tuner. The tuner may not get used as I don't have a suitable aerial but the amp, I'm really looking forward to it and will be something of a departure for me being Japanese and with plenty of watty things coming out of its speaker sockets.

Chap's bringing them down to our place on sunday - and the amp will be at Scalford, sharing duties with the Claymore.

While I'm here, does anyone know much about the Sony CDP990 please? I think it was their top model, below the ES stuff, and wondered if it might make a nice transport to use with the Dacmagic.