Quad cog rot

[Filterlab]

Yeah, the 67 was a decent player, not only that it looks REALLY funky! I remember WHF saying at the time about the lack of buttons on the control panel and what would happen if the remote was lost, in retrospect it was a daft comment as virtually all electronics now have no buttons on them.

[Ashley James]

Marco - I have to say that you've grossly underestimated the performance of the ADM9s.

Do not forget the cost of equipment they improve on.

An AVI CD player (same DAC) £1499, Preamp £1399 (+£100 for a PHONO stage) V2 Power Amp 200WPC up to 50 Amps £1649, and Duos £1299. And our stuff has much less distortion than average. On the What hi fi forum a chap has sold £6.5K's worth of Cyrus to buy them and reports an improvement - the most expensive system so far has been £17,500!!! And he still thought they were better!

They even challenge many three way designs because they have more intrusive crossover/phase issues.

The 10" Sub weighs 40 kilos and is immensely powerful and controlled too.

This is why people are selling such expensive separates to buy them and reporting such big improvements. And it's also why the debates have been so acrimonious on so many forums now.

A PS3 with ADM9's and a Sub is unbelievably hard to beat, hence their success.

Apple is now the second biggest music retailer in the States too.

[Filterlab]

The V2 Power amp is one of three amplifiers on my 'upgrade and leave it there' list. I heard the integrated and was staggered so the power amp can only fair better.

[Marco]

Marco - I have to say that you've grossly underestimated the performance of the ADM9s.

Perhaps, Ashley - I'll reserve judgement until I've heard them myself. In the meantime I'm only basing my opinion on common sense and the ears of people I trust who were in your room.

You're not seriously suggesting though that they would outperform my Spendor SP100s and ECS 200W monoblocks? That's a total of £11,000, incidentally, and if you want to bring CDPs and preamps into the equation that's another £11,500, so a total of £22,500, if we're getting all excited by price tags

Marco.

[Filterlab]

...so a total of £22,500

Show off.

[Marco]

Hehehe...

It was Ashley who appeared to have a 'fetish' for price tags!

Marco.

[Ashley James]

Marco I suspect that if you heard them in good domestic surroundings, you'd have a hell of shock. And I rate your loudspeakers higher than most!

Ash

[Marco]

I don't have a problem with that assertion - whether it would be the case in reality remains to be seen!

Marco.

[Vinyl Grinder]

ECS 200W monoblocks?

[Marco]

Tee hee... And on that note I've just taken delivery of the ultimate Chinese takeaway!

I'm off for a play...

Much later,
Marco.