Exclusive pictures of the new amps from Croft!

[matodono1]

1.1ohms at 20khz is a good enough challenge in anyone's book! Sounds very interesting indeed. I look forward to hearing them at some point.

Thanks,

Will see what can be arranged with Marco once stock levels are higher.

best, Matt.

[DSJR]

I'm busting to visit my dealer friend to hear these amps. I asked for pics of his demo ones ages ago, but I don't think sending images by email is quite his bag...

They look good enough and the volume controls are ok I suppose (moan, whinge ).

Glenn has offered to have my old preamp back for mods. I just can't afford to do anything right now sadly (bread and water for supper soon if things don't change).

Still, the prices are excellent, bearing in mind he sells through a few dealer friends and he's also very happy to service his old models (although they're usually very reliable I think).

I hope Glenn sells as many as he can make. Brilliant!!!!!

[Ian Walker]

I hope Glenn sells as many as he can make.

Dito that from me.

Pass on my best wishes to Glenn will you Matt.

Ian.

[aquapiranha]

Looks great. I have only ever heard one Croft preamp (Ian's) and it sounded bloody fantastic!

[Marco]

Croft amps (pre or power) are, and have always been, veritable 'giant-killers' - you're paying for pure out-and-out performance and simplicity of design refined down to a fine art, all hand built by a talented designer with many years of experience, and not badge-snob hi-fi or 'audiophile jewellery' full of extraneous aesthetic fripperies unconnected with sound quality. Ultimate sonic performance is all that matters to Glenn. His are designs for true enthusiasts and music lovers.

The retail price of Croft products therefore does not reflect the level of sonic performance within. Quite simply because of that they will compete with, and in many cases outperform, designs costing many times their price. The heavily modified Charisma-X Ian Walker and I use is undoubtedly one of the finest sounding preamps I've ever heard at any price. It has been in use in my system in one form or another for over four years and I have no intention of ever selling it, which is the best endorsement of a product I can give!

I will be having a listen to the new Croft designs soon and comparing them to my own preamp to see how close they get to it at much lower cost, plus the prospect of hooking up with Matt and Glenn again and mixing that with beer and curry is too tempting to resist

Stay tuned folks for a full review in due course!

Marco.

[matodono1]

Looks great. I have only ever heard one Croft preamp (Ian's) and it sounded bloody fantastic!

Thanks to Steve, Dave, Marco and Ian once again for your support.

I have just uploaded a page of the few dealers that Glenn intends to start with. Here goes http://www.croftacoustics.co.uk/dealers.html all are available for advice on equipment and demos.

Best, Matt.

[bong]

*looks on in envy from far away*

Hi Matt,

any talks with asian distributors? There's a lot of us here who're always keen to listen to smaller named players who offer terrific VFM and would rather put their resources into eking out performance rather than marketing. (I'm using an astintrew setup myself)

[DSJR]

You can't 'ave 'em Bong, 'coz we want them all for ourselves

[bong]

*swears in an ancient tongue*

[MartinT]

Why does Glenn Croft always insist on separate L/R volume controls? I always *hated* that in my SIP preamp (still in the garage).