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Sligolad wrote:Well the JKDAC32 found a new home this evening so all that's needed now is amplification!
Good to meet you TipDrinker and I expect you will get some joy as well out of the Photography threads here.
Cheers, Pearse.

Thanks a million Pearse. You are a gentleman! Yes all I need is an amp now lol. I reckon a solid state integrated amp rather than a tube amp would be a better option for me as we were discussing this evening. Other than that I'm unsure where to go from here. Perhaps a trip to Cloney's this weekend is in order!

tipdrinker wrote:

Sligolad wrote:Well the JKDAC32 found a new home this evening so all that's needed now is amplification!
Good to meet you TipDrinker and I expect you will get some joy as well out of the Photography threads here.
Cheers, Pearse.

Thanks a million Pearse. You are a gentleman! Yes all I need is an amp now lol. I reckon a solid state integrated amp rather than a tube amp would be a better option for me as we were discussing this evening. Other than that I'm unsure where to go from here. Perhaps a trip to Cloney's this weekend is in order!

excellent good choice on the dac it was a steal
solid state int will be fine

have u checked the classified section there is usually something in it

nige2000 wrote:

tipdrinker wrote:

Sligolad wrote:Well the JKDAC32 found a new home this evening so all that's needed now is amplification!
Good to meet you TipDrinker and I expect you will get some joy as well out of the Photography threads here.
Cheers, Pearse.

Thanks a million Pearse. You are a gentleman! Yes all I need is an amp now lol. I reckon a solid state integrated amp rather than a tube amp would be a better option for me as we were discussing this evening. Other than that I'm unsure where to go from here. Perhaps a trip to Cloney's this weekend is in order!

excellent good choice on the dac it was a steal
solid state int will be fine

have u checked the classified section there is usually something in it

There's a Primare I22 integrated amp?

tipdrinker wrote:

nige2000 wrote:

tipdrinker wrote:
Thanks a million Pearse. You are a gentleman! Yes all I need is an amp now lol. I reckon a solid state integrated amp rather than a tube amp would be a better option for me as we were discussing this evening. Other than that I'm unsure where to go from here. Perhaps a trip to Cloney's this weekend is in order!

excellent good choice on the dac it was a steal
solid state int will be fine

have u checked the classified section there is usually something in it

There's a Primare I22 integrated amp?

primare i30? aint it

no experience of its sq myself but it looks nice under the hood in the pics on the net

think pearse has/had a primare amp dunno what it was though

I also found this on e-bay: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Marantz-Referenc ... 419d9707fc

tipdrinker wrote:I also found this on e-bay: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Marantz-Referenc ... 419d9707fc

the primare is dual mono so its like two integrated amps one for each speaker :)

although its impossible to judge without hearing both the marantz will likely be outclassed

Also found this: https://www.donedeal.ie/audioequipment- ... es/9847574

There's a few of them on eBay UK too

What's the budget ?
Coz newer certainly doesn't been better

well my budget is 1,000 for the whole system. I already blew straight through that with the speakers lol. I don't think I can bring myself to spend more than 1,200 max on an amp though, I don't want to make myself homeless ha ha. I've still to get cables and speaker stands on top of all this! The roksan reviews all seem good...

I'd want to hear the Primare I22 that Cloney have listed in the pre-owned section. Then again, that's based on my admiration for the I32, which many reviewers don't seem to share!

I wouldn't buy an amp without hearing it with my speakers, as IMO this is where system synergy is at its most important.