Having read an article by Ken Kessler in an English HiFi magazine on the Unico amp, I waited for the matching hybrid CD-player and bought the pair along with the Spendor S3/5se's which had vg write-ups in Gramophone and Steriophile. (KK had said the Unico's should "adore certain small Spendor monitors".) Room 16ft x 11ft. I find this set up magical and I can only wind the wick up 3-4 notches (out of 10) before I have to worry about the neighbours. For nearfield listening, the music fills the room as much as you could possibly want. Go for it!
is the Unico enough?
Hello everyone,
I'm just curiuos to know if the Unison Research Unico (80 w/ch) integrated has enough juice to properly drive the NHT 2.5i's. The room is fairly small (11.5 X 14 x 8). The source is a Rotel RCD971 with MSB link DAC III w/ half Nelson upgrade. The speaker's specs are 86db/w/m , 6 ohm, although apparently they are a pretty stable load.
If the Unico isn't powerful enough, can anyone recommend a good match to this setup?
I find that the NHT's along with the given source can sound fairly sterile with the wrong pream and amplification. I am looking for something that will give me depth and overall dimensionality, control , body, musicality and sheer drivability. The cost of the Unico is as high as I can go (even that's pushing it).
thanks
I'm just curiuos to know if the Unison Research Unico (80 w/ch) integrated has enough juice to properly drive the NHT 2.5i's. The room is fairly small (11.5 X 14 x 8). The source is a Rotel RCD971 with MSB link DAC III w/ half Nelson upgrade. The speaker's specs are 86db/w/m , 6 ohm, although apparently they are a pretty stable load.
If the Unico isn't powerful enough, can anyone recommend a good match to this setup?
I find that the NHT's along with the given source can sound fairly sterile with the wrong pream and amplification. I am looking for something that will give me depth and overall dimensionality, control , body, musicality and sheer drivability. The cost of the Unico is as high as I can go (even that's pushing it).
thanks