In Reply to: sounds like an AMAZING deal posted by 2chJunkie on February 26, 2012 at 08:27:08:
OPther amps I tried but not necessarily owned are Pioneer, Yamaha (domestic and pro), Phase Linear, QUAD, SAE, Harrison, Bryston, Arcam (easily the worst of the lot), Revox (quite good), NAD etc.
Can't remember all the model numbers though.
I used to spend a lot of time in studios btw so I always was after amps that do not anything by themselves.
I also noticed that I like high damping factors (that's valves out of the window) and more than sufficient power.
One thing that got me interested in MC2 amps was the fact that Terry Clarke designed them.
In case you don't know Terry, he founded Klark Teknik with his brother and KT gear was always famous for being as clean as it got.
Later I found out that the other guy involved in MC2s design is Ian McCarthy who started a HiFi company called EAR with a bloke called Tim de Paravincini.
PS: I do love valve power for instrument amps. There is nothing better for some sweet, creamy distortion. The amp in my Leslie organ speaker is a valve job powered by a couple of 6550s. A thing of sublime beauty when pushed into the red.
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- RE: sounds like an AMAZING deal - b.l.zeebub 11:44:51 02/26/12 (2)
- RE: sounds like an AMAZING deal - 2chJunkie 13:50:18 02/26/12 (1)
- RE: sounds like an AMAZING deal - b.l.zeebub 02:56:11 02/27/12 (0)