what are you listening to?

George S. said:
Yup, and the 700 Pro looks odd, don't care. I'd put a S2 faceplate on it, but it's using the original heavy steel chassis so the Pro faceplate should stay. I'm good with it. Since both are WOPLed, the LEDs are righteous and O.K. with me. WOPLED!
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looks great!!
 
Gene, I like the red and yellow. Looks like you pulled the wood strips off the woofers. Are they going to be painted?
 
BlazeES said:
Thanks. The core parts have served me well for longer than I care to mention. :cool:

Sadly, one of the newest additions to the stack - the Sony 77ES amp - didn't like me cranking the Devin Townsend. It smoked bad across a few different boards.
But it did open my eyes as a side benefit though. I've been exclusively Sony ES amps since roundabout 1992. Before I simply went back to pulling out my pair of trusty Sony TA-N55ES's in mono-block mode and hooking them back up, I demo'd some Parasound. And then landed a nice score on this ...

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New A/B designs are something to marvel. This little sleeper sounds better than any of the ES amps I've used over the years. Especially in moderately lower-ish volume levels ... where it stays in Class "A" mode. And it's not throwing off a lot of inefficient heat when I go Loud either. The Logans thank me daily ... as do my ears!
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I love the Class A/B amplifiers. In my present configuration, for my main stereo system, I use a Pioneer M-25. I've used several different amplifiers throughout the years and the M-25 is the cream of the crop for my usual listening pleasure.

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I have two other Class A/B amps - A Marantz PM-74D and a Yamaha CA-800.

Nando.
 
Nice!

The two things that blew my mind with the addition of the Parasound A/B is how much the folded motion tweeters on my Logans came alive compared to the old Sony amp ... and on the right material, how much warm, articulate bass comes through across the entire Gain range - even when I have the volume pretty damn low. It sort of reminds me of how 'loudness' contour controls use to pump things up at lower listening levels, but way more precise.

When I have some full-bodied material, properly recorded on Metal tape, playing at something I imagine is much less than 1 watt RMS equivalent ... the distinct bass notes almost freak me out. I can remember going to audio stores with dedicated listening rooms many moons ago, where I'd hear these systems create imagery in very low volume listening scenarios with astronomically priced gear. I've never owned stuff that could even come close to replicating that experience in the past.

But as luck would have it, I'm hitting that stride now
and probably the two biggest contributing pieces being -

The new Parasound amp
and the Martin Logans that pretty much brings it all together.
 
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Tony: I, probably, have a video here somewhere playing your "Sonic Mayhem" mix tape. Too bad you lost the Sony TA-N77ES in its very last play.

Nando.
 
It went out in a "Blaze" of glory. It was a fun amp and those big meters were fun to bring back to life. But admittedly, it was a tired old boy and was going to need new caps at the very least. I came very close to replacing it with another museum quality specimen but having something new & way more refined in its stead put the kabash on that idea. I was even close to getting a TA-N80ES as an option too. There was spell of time where those were coming out of the wood work in large quality and in pristine condition (cosmetically).

I'm finally past the point of collecting for the goal of 'completeness' in matching components. Never thought I would ever say that... :oops:

The TA-N55ES pair are always around for when I do get nostalgic.
 
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