Justin & Jerry's Hifi Blog

[Marco]

Hi Jerry,

No, not at all.

It turned out the TAF 103 was slightly misaligned in the aluminium body, I only realised this when it was mis-tracking a bit on heavily modulated grooves near the end of side. I hope to get a new one next week. I've got a spare headshell now for my Yamaha tt, so it'll be easy to swap 'em about! I suspect the presentation is sufficiently different to the Orty that I'll want to keep both.

Don't worry, I was just teasing! Interesting what's happened though... I'm sure you'll get that sorted out ok

btw - did you get the headshell spacer/weight back OK?

Ya, sure did brovva - cheers!

Marco.

[Ali Tait]

Thanks a lot for clearing that up - sanity restored!
I've heard that Leak story too and I've heard Snells sounding equally angelic and devellish depending on what they've been hung on the end of.

I guess that means that Snells are just a good transparent speaker.Which was my opinion the one time I heard a pair on the end of several different amps.

[jandl100]

A new toy at Jerry Mansions ... hifi tart that I am, the Chord CPM2600 amp seems to have been ousted from my affections.



Very powerful and in control. Detail and image focus are excellent - makes the Chord sound a bit too relaxed. I love it!

A very impressive solid state amp - AVI Lab Series Integrated. A big amp in a small package!



.... the Chord amp needs a visit to the factory anyway - it doesn't respond properly to remote volume commands. I've spoken to the engineer at Chord and he says the volume knob shaft just needs cleaning as the clutch mech is skidding a bit and operating too soon. Sounds easy, but the volume knob is well and truly hidden amongst the other paraphenalia and despite following his instructions I can't get to it. Damn, I hate it when I can't sort out a niggling little problem like this!

[chris@panteg]

Nice one Jerry

AVI amps are a bit underrated ' i remember them sounding superb at one or two shows back in the 90's .

[DSJR]

That AVI is Class B as well

Shows what can be done these days with knowledgeable design and the right components.

Forget Ash if he annoys you, it's Martin Grindrod who designs them and he's a true gentleman

[Ali Tait]

A mate has one of those.A nice amp indeed!

[jandl100]

That AVI is Class B as well

Ah - perhaps that explains the mega-power in the shoebox sized chassis? It barely gets warm, too.

Whatever, it does sound fab.

[Tarzan]

Any chance of a review of the AVI Amp Jerry?

[jandl100]

Any chance of a review of the AVI Amp Jerry?

WHAT?!

Oh, all right then. I'll put summat together over the next few days after widening my listening a bit.

[DSJR]

AVI made a bloomin' huge footprinted S2000 amp - full width and 17 inches deep or thereabouts. I think it was 200WPC with the wind in the right doirection. Whatever the feelings about the brand, you switched it on, enjoyed loads of music and switched it off when done. No "personality," barely warm to the touch, no fussiness and bother at all. I'd love to hear my pre with one today and with the Mark Grant interconnects I now have.

The Lab series looked superb and had better styling and a heavier finish IMO. I think LS-Designs were making these (or at least stuffing the circuit boards) by this time.