Gromit's music centre...

[Gromit]

Hi guys - thanks for the comments.

Brian - the Sony seems to be working perfectly at the moment, giving it a good work out over the last few days seems to have cured the imbalance issue. The ProAcs are quite inefficient so the amp needs driving reasonably hard to give a decent level. I'm really clueless as to why this should've worked but hey ho...a new amp is off the shopping list for now which is good news. Presently looking at a new dac (as you know) and possibly a new cartridge - the Rega Carbon's a hoot on rock/jazz but on orchestral it's a tad unruly, to put it mildly.

Gary - nothing so sophisticated as that here I'm afraid (I wouldn't know where to start!). Just chatting with old friends on FB whilst the TV/Humax plays through my Fiio dac into the hifi system. Does sound pretty good though. The sound producer in Vienna could teach the BBC a thing or 2 about mic'ing up and balancing an orchestra - quite a refreshingly natural sound.

A Happy New Year to you and yours.

[Gromit]

My new dac arrived today - a Teac UD-H01.

Got it all up and running now, including downloading the Teac drivers for my Mac to utilise the async USB input.

So far, so pretty good.

[synsei]

Nice one Richard and damn, it's a looker too ain't it?

[Gromit]

Nice one Richard and damn, it's a looker too ain't it?

Well it's a darn sight better looking than me, that's for sure.

I've left a CD running on repeat for a few hours through it now and will have a time this evening to have a proper listen to it.

USB input does sound particularly fine.

[Gromit]

My babiES...





And the new kid on the block...



It only arrived about an hour ago so have had it sat near(ish) to a radiator to help lift any residual condensation before plugging it in. Will report back soon...

[brian2957]

You're very good at digging out the Sony ES amps Richard . I've looked quite a few times and they seem quite rare here. I eventually went for a Brio R and am very happy with it .Hope this one sounds as good as it looks mate.

[Gromit]

You're very good at digging out the Sony ES amps Richard . I've looked quite a few times and they seem quite rare here. I eventually went for a Brio R and am very happy with it .Hope this one sounds as good as it looks mate.

Thanks Brian

This one came about from a thread started on Wigwam by Mike (MJ/Idlewithnodrive) asking for a good, used solid state amp. Faithless entered the thread saying he'd got a very clean 770ES up for sale - wasn't really suitable for Mike so I jumped on it. Rob (Hoops) has just got hold of one too. Typical ES 'brick outhouse' build, and it's got to be nigh on double the weight of the 670ES (hardly a featherweight itself at 12kg or so). It just about fits on the shelf in the rack but will watch how that goes because by all accounts these big'uns kick out a bit of heat.

Oh...couldn't wait any longer so just plugged it in 10 mins ago and played a couple of tracks. Back in a mo...

[southall-1998]

Interesting looking amps, Richard. Never heard those big black Sony boxes before Must sound very good!

[brian2957]

Yes I must visit those other forums more . Problem is you need around 100 posts or so to use the services offered by them such as PMs and buying and selling . The 770ES looks like a beast of an amp BTW. Hope you're enjoying it mate.

[istari_knight]

Congrats ! By all accounts they are pure, neutral, effortless, unending power on tap.... IMO you have arrived at the point where you no longer need to think about amplifiers... Just sit back & enjoy