Topic: integrated amplifiers

[Nick's Picks]

More nice stuff on agon:

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?intatube&1131739201  nice price here
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?intatube&1131728519  real nice price
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?intatube&1131681746  no pic, but this is a huge amp

[coop]

there was a plinius 8150 in the yard sale for $950.

Fantastic piece of gear!!
150w class a/b solid state, and absolutely oozes musicality!!
I run the 8150 hotrodded to the 8200 specs, and absolutely love it!

it is still available and is now $850.  I would be willing to cover shipping east of the mississippi,  split ship to west coast.
        Coop

[Nick's Picks]

ugh...what a deal!
wish I had a spare $850 and another set of speakers.

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

wish I had a spare $850 and another set of speakers.

i hear ya nick - i want this real bad but am on the fence on whether to update my amp or speakers first b/c i cant do both right now

here is what i'm currently running......... 

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=33021.0;all

Depending on how big a step up you are taking with your new amp and speakers, I'd say it may not matter which you get first.  You are going to have no better sound than the least of the two components.  So if you are committed to buying both, I'd recommend your first buy be the first one you can get at a bargain.  If you find a good price on a great amp, get it and when you upgrade speakers all that ampy goodness will come flowing through.

Edit:  I meant to add that I don't know enought about your current gear or what level you are trying to achieve, but I tend to buy in order that the bargains appear.

[pfife]

wish I had a spare $850 and another set of speakers.

i hear ya nick - i want this real bad but am on the fence on whether to update my amp or speakers first b/c i cant do both right now

here is what i'm currently running......... 

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=33021.0;all

Depending on how big a step up you are taking with your new amp and speakers, I'd say it may not matter whch you get first.  You are going to have no better sound than the least of the two components.  So if you are committed to buying both, I'd recommend your forst buy be the first one you can get at a bargain.  If you find a good price on a great amp, get it and when you upgrade speakers all that ampy goodness will come flowing through.

ding ding.  This is the correct answer.   Get whichever is an good deal!

[shane]

Hey raoulduke.  Do you know of any locations in CNY to pick up any higher end audio equipment?  I'd really like to test drive anything that i might purchase, but to nthe best of my knowledge the only place I know of is Best Buy and Circuit City.

Shane

[Thom Joad]

Off the top of my head:

www.audioclassics.com   (tons and tons of stuff, located down the road from the McIntosh factory and it shows by their inventory)

http://www.analogshop.com/  (where "Coop" bought his Plinius, "analog Bob" is a great guy from what I hear)

www.stellarstereo.com  (local place that deals in NAD, Mission, also has used stuff)

and there's a guy in Liverpool, NY that runs a business out of his home, I'l try and search for it...

[jpschust]

all these dealers remind me that i dont use my vpi scout nearly enough.

[pfife]

all these dealers remind me that i dont use my vpi scout nearly enough.

'scuse my ignorance, but what is a vpi scout?

[pfife]

No wonder you don't use it enough Jonny - it looks like a total P.O.S.!

 

That things pretty awesome!

[jpschust]

the sound from that table is just so sick.

you can't even get close to the sound of it without dumping another 7 or 8 grand into a table.

for what its worth im running it with a summiko blackbird cartridge, the jw-9 arm that comes with the scout, and a musical fidelity pre.

ill tell you my main beef with it- getting it set up took me literally 2 hours to get the tone arm, needle, and motor set up absolutely correctly.

the instructions arent worth a damn, they might as well be written in korean.  i had to have my dealer walk me through setting it up.

[coop]

i used to have both an HW-19 JR/audioquest PT-6/Benz micro Silver and a HW-19 MKIV/jmw9/benz silver  I'll be dammed if the JR didn't sound a little better!  The adjustable VTA on the jmw is a nice feature though.
   Coop
PS: Anyone interested in the Plinius PM me please.
     BTW: the guy in liverpool is Bob Swimm/Audio Excellence.   Non-stop talker, chain smoking wife, my clothes stunk for days and i was there for only 45 min.

[BobW]

Jumping back to Integrateds.....
anyone care to comment on Portal ?