Justin & Jerry's Hifi Blog

[jandl100]

The 3 amps-de-jour at Jerry Mansions ....



Restek Challenger, Rotel RA-1412 .... and my new baby, a Peavey PV 2.6 C pro power amp.

That Peavey cost me less than a decent round of drinks and is so stupidly good that it is, well, stupid!
I could happily live with it forever and anon.
Transparency, power, rez, speed, neutrality - it's got the lot. It's just a great sounding amplifier.

100wpc into 8 ohms, 130wpc into 4.
No fan. But the chassis vibrates and hums a bit, so the judiciously placed damping pretty much sorts that out.
Inputs and outputs by 1/4 inch jack plugs, so some adaptors used for RCA i/c cables and I had some jack-terminated speaker cables waiting. IEC mains socket, so I can use my fave Nordost Blue Heaven mains cable.

It sounds genuinely excellent. Surprised and pleased at this eBay browsing find.

[brian2957]

Sounds like a candidate for Sound Damped Steel Isofeet Jerry . They don't work on everything , but when they do work

[jandl100]

Sounds like a candidate for Sound Damped Steel Isofeet Jerry . Thet don't work on everything , but when they do work

Interesting - thanks Brian.

Lessee ... ah .... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Isofeet-by...-/190830586967

They cost more than the amp did.

[brian2957]

Could double the performance

[jandl100]

I seriously doubt it, amps don't come much better than this.

I've thought this about amps for a while - a good'un is a good'un, regardless of price.
You can get stinkers and stonkers at pretty much any price with amplifiers, imo.

When I think of the thousands I have spent on audiofool amp tweakery.

[User211]

There's a pair of Peavey loudspeakers used down at the local pub that sound excellent. Really seriously so. They are used for gigging.

[walpurgis]

Interesting. Some modern 'DJ' amps can sound very good. Nice to see the old Rotel there. I like battleship vintage Jap amps.

[jandl100]

Yes, the Rotel has been my amp of choice for the last week or so, it really is very good. I got it 'untested' on eBay, so of course it didn't work. But it was sorted easily by a local tech guy for about £80 all in and it now sounds great! It has a bit more 'character' than the Peavey; a bit loose in the bass and a bit rose-tinted in the mids which nonetheless have excellent rez, and is slightly 'friendly' at the top end. Good 3D imaging, too. I likes it a lot.

[Audio Al]

Have you had one of these Jerry
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROTEL-RB50...item1a056b758e

[jandl100]

Have you had one of these Jerry
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROTEL-RB50...item1a056b758e

Sadly, no.

I've seen that one on eBay for quite a while.
Cor, yummy.
Over-priced, though, I think.