I have been on the horns of a dilema regarding refurbing or replacing my BOM amplifier sounds great when working, will it last another 10 years if repaired? would I be better off with a new/newish amplifier?.
I have worn the lettering...
I have been on the horns of a dilema regarding refurbing or replacing my BOM amplifier sounds great when working, will it last another 10 years if repaired? would I be better off with a new/newish amplifier?.
I have worn the lettering off my keyboard researching amplifiers for Quad 57's not that I had not read it all before, Net Quad 303, Radford, Leak, Mullard, Ming Da, the list goes on, I re read the the 6 Moons write-up on amps for 57's http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/r...our3again.html.
I then read up on the No 2 amp the Rogue Atlas, I could not afford ?20000 at current prices for the No. 1.
I found one on another forum, so my son & I undertook the journey from dismal overcast NW london to rain in Seaford. To be met by the sunny and effervescent Steve.
He could not have been a more charming host, who had suggested that I took LP's & CD's with me I listened to the amp via his "maggies" in sumptuous comfort in his cavernous lounge where Quads & the amp did not work for him. Once I had decided to buy, he showed me how to bias the tubes/valves he even reset the 4ohm taps to 8ohm for me as I watched .
The amp has 4 x KT120's fitted I was also supplied with 4 x KT90's their amp top plate & what was ?200 option.
I joined it to my quads today, once warmed up all was syergy & bliss not quite as much apparent bass as my previous amp, however more accurate & superior in every other way.