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In Reply to: RE: Kal, Thanks for your HAP Z1 Review! Did you heara difference posted by oldmkvi on April 19, 2014 at 16:57:17
Kal is 'the man'.
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but he avoided reviewing the partnering Sony TA-1ES amplifier
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You have a surround set up, why are you bothering with a stereo amp?
It seems the TA-1ES works best with the HAP-Z1 In my surround setup I use a near 20 year old Class AB stereo amplifier fed from the pre-outs of my Sony DA5400ES AVR to drive front speakers, having no Xover speakers can not be bi-amped , I get a better bass performance this way especially as I do not like sub-woofers. Because of the excellent reviews I decided to try out the new Sony amp.
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that would be dependent upon wether or not the matching amp was available during his audition period?
Both released simultaenously, however I purchased the amp on a 30 day trial from Sony direct and promptly returned it for a refund. Not suprised to discover that it was not designed by Sony,s Chief Designer Mr Kanai,
Whom designed the amp?
Japanese design engineer was Sato-san who also designed the SCD-1 but not so good with stereo amplifiers.No separation of pre-power, sounds atrocious IMO despite two rave reviews, see my comments in Words & Music and on the Sony Site.Apparently there was also input from Eric Kingdon Sony,s European technical marketing manager.
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Thank You!
it would seem that the ES segment of Sony has a dedicated team of individuals to R&D these products? There is quite a difference between designing cd/sacd player(s) vs pre/power amplifiers.
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