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| Integrated amp for 2500-3000 Upscale has no restocking fee, just the shipping fee. It's a great team of knowledgeable and kind people | |
| New Speakers under consideration - but I’m afraid I would approach it differently. Are you an analytical, impulsive or emotional person? If you are analytical, you will find and likely appreciate the differences. From your post, you are not though. The improvements have been significant but it ... | |
| Anyone hear the Van Alstine CA1 Control Amplifier or NP1 amp demoed? Also on the Hegel pricing: used ones sell at a similar price of used AVAs, maybe 20% more. Which is very telling. The used market has a lot of $500 to a $1000 integrateds. It looks like Creek is really the winner there. Btw Leak has very similar ... | |
| Anyone hear the Van Alstine CA1 Control Amplifier or NP1 amp demoed? @seanheis1 that's a big difference I guess. But then Hegel must think that they have to give something for costing twice. Norwegianness? Sometimes when people pay more they think they get more... | |
| Anyone hear the Van Alstine CA1 Control Amplifier or NP1 amp demoed? @agwca there are a few hubs of audio brain power and manufacturing in the US, tend to be coastal CA, the Boston area, and the twin cities. So I have no doubt it’s a solid amp, being from Minnesota. I made a list of about 6 amps in the 1000-ish ran... | |
| Anyone hear the Van Alstine CA1 Control Amplifier or NP1 amp demoed? @agwca that's very thorough. The Hegel costs more than twice. So I am not sure you are calling this a great value or not. (By great I mean fantastic in comparison to similar amps. Is it as good as an amp twice the price?) I think the phono input ... | |
| Anyone hear the Van Alstine CA1 Control Amplifier or NP1 amp demoed? @agwca it's a business, they don't owe me anything. If they want to sell, they post an email address that someone checks at least once every other day. In one week, I got zero response to 3 emails. I know that small businesses are not full of IT... | |
| Anyone hear the Van Alstine CA1 Control Amplifier or NP1 amp demoed? thanks @shtinkydog! It could have been many reasons why my email was ignored, went to junk, busy week, moving, maybe I will circle back. | |
| Anyone hear the Van Alstine CA1 Control Amplifier or NP1 amp demoed? I was very interested in the CA-1. I emailed them with a few questions, 3 times, crickets. That's discouraging enough for me to pursue something else. | |
| Audio Fantasies good question. My imaginary hifi rack is full of imaginary equipment. One reason I read this forum is to see that people do own those beautiful looking and sounding stuff from my imaginary collection. | |
| Primare/ Vincent Adio /NAD /Rogue/ AVA /Hegel...- need a simple and reliable integrated @stuartk yes I played with speaker positions. Now that I don't have an amp, all positions sound the same to my ear though :) But I totally understand, and I am not frustrated. I will make the best with what I have. | |
| Primare/ Vincent Adio /NAD /Rogue/ AVA /Hegel...- need a simple and reliable integrated @stuartk very sensible and wise feedback, thank you. I don’t have to have a ~$1000 integrated. It would be a nice to have. All the things I must have, I do so I am taking baby steps. I will look up if there is an audio club around me. I think mo... | |
| Primare/ Vincent Adio /NAD /Rogue/ AVA /Hegel...- need a simple and reliable integrated @stuartk absolutely TMR charges for shipping and 5% restocking fee. It adds up to around $100 on a $1000 gear. Which is ok but when my budget is $800 it is a cut. There are about 5 companies that do accept returns and charge very little, mainly... | |
| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear If something has performed for 40+ years, and still is, it must be pretty good in an number of ways. I hate to see garages and backrooms of stores floor to ceiling full of this stuff knowing it's unused and will probably stay that way. | |
| Primare/ Vincent Adio /NAD /Rogue/ AVA /Hegel...- need a simple and reliable integrated thanks @bluorion ! I will reach out to them. |