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It's been untold ages since i posted on the Asylum (back before you needed to be registered to post) and then it was never in the Amp forum either, usually the Hi-Eff, but i was hoping you guys could help a fella out anyway.
Friend of mine runs a pretty nice setup in terms of source (lp12/ittok/Evans Groove) and speakers (Atlantis Acoustique Esterel), but he's got an amplifier conundrum. He used to have a Naim pseudo-separates stack, of Supernait, SuperCap, and i can't recall the pre; but he gave that all up to go for something integrated. After having auditioned a Zesto phonostage on the way to the Evans he was turned onto tubes and without my help found his way to a pretty nice sounding Cary 300SEI. He was never as fundamentally enthusiastic about it as I was, so I've bought that one off him. That still left him in need of an integrated, and having great nostalgia for the old Mcintosh sound of his youth and trying to avoid piling quite as much money up in the listening room as he had with the Naim products, he went for an MA6300 and immediately had buyer's regret. My suspicion on that is that the 91db Esterel's aren't drawing enough current to get the amp into its zone. He's also decided the warm up time for tubes doesn't fit his schedule.So I think what we're looking for is something SS that'll sing with a relatively efficient threeway in a small room, that has a feel reminiscent of old Mac gear but actually more modern in aural presentation. Ballpark 6k and under.
My first thought was something like a First Watt, but as good as Nelson's designs appear to sound, i don't think they'll check the nostalgia mark, especially against something from Mcintosh that wears it so precociously on its sleeve. Anything out there First Watt -esque but with glowing meters and maybe 50 watts?
Edits: 08/09/16 08/09/16
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Topic - Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - DominicPorter 22:40:19 08/09/16 (49)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - fantja 13:09:15 01/16/17 (2)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - DominicPorter 10:29:29 01/17/17 (1)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - fantja 11:50:00 01/17/17 (0)
- Sanity prevails! - DominicPorter 20:13:31 01/11/17 (2)
- RE: Sanity prevails! - bare 10:37:17 01/14/17 (1)
- RE: Sanity prevails! - DominicPorter 10:48:37 01/16/17 (0)
- I give up! he's so set on Mcintosh - DominicPorter 20:25:28 10/12/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - gordguide 23:43:10 09/05/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - Vik 20:15:00 08/28/16 (1)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - horn kid 10:15:24 09/05/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? - goldenthal 01:21:51 08/28/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - SgreenP@MSN.com 16:33:07 08/27/16 (1)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - Tidycat1 21:13:20 08/27/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - Jack D II 16:25:26 08/27/16 (1)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - fantja 13:08:42 01/16/17 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - Plinius_Fan 18:12:49 08/26/16 (1)
- I feel like I must be a worse writer than I give myself credit for. - DominicPorter 10:21:34 08/27/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - Disbeliever 06:19:42 08/26/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - Plinius_Fan 02:57:13 08/26/16 (0)
- Switch the speakers. - ppopp 21:25:14 08/22/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - Mr Peabody 12:54:40 08/12/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - Sunya 07:15:35 08/12/16 (1)
- Expensive! - Cougar 15:28:33 08/12/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - Mr Peabody 06:30:42 08/12/16 (0)
- McIntosh MA6300 - Alex F. 17:15:58 08/10/16 (4)
- RE: McIntosh MA6300 - DominicPorter 20:39:17 08/10/16 (3)
- No - McIntosh did preamps well so get a proper Mac preamp - airtime 07:10:47 08/11/16 (1)
- RE: No - McIntosh did preamps well . . . - goldenthal 01:32:29 08/28/16 (0)
- RE: McIntosh MA6300 - Tidycat1 21:28:11 08/10/16 (0)
- Luxman for old-school aesthetics . . . - dean_martin 14:03:05 08/10/16 (2)
- +1 on Luxman aesthetics . . . - AbeCollins 11:42:55 08/13/16 (1)
- RE: +1 on Luxman aesthetics . . . - goldenthal 01:35:13 08/28/16 (0)
- Lindell AmpX - viridian 13:57:40 08/10/16 (0)
- Well welcome back to the madness - airtime 12:49:33 08/10/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - BillH 12:01:03 08/10/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - 6bq5 11:52:22 08/10/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - Hornlover 08:54:21 08/10/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - fantja 08:30:12 08/10/16 (0)
- My Mac Tube gear sounds good right away. nt - oldmkvi 08:15:29 08/10/16 (1)
- RE: My Mac Tube gear sounds good right away. nt - goldenthal 01:39:19 08/28/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - airtime 07:25:28 08/10/16 (2)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - DominicPorter 08:55:47 08/10/16 (1)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - airtime 09:38:58 08/10/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment - PAR 02:38:36 08/10/16 (5)
- RE: Some advice? - bare 15:13:56 08/10/16 (4)
- RE: Some advice? - PAR 01:33:32 08/11/16 (3)
- RE: Some advice? - airtime 07:12:17 08/11/16 (2)
- RE: Some advice? - Mick Wolfe 10:55:45 08/12/16 (0)
- RE: Some advice? - PAR 07:58:59 08/11/16 (0)