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| Thread ID: 106589 | 2010-01-14 22:16:00 | Bye bye Eastern Hi - Fi | Hitech (9024) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 848792 | 2010-01-14 22:16:00 | Another top end audio shop to close i got my denon amp from them dam good amp to and the guys were great to deal with. www.nzherald.co.nz |
Hitech (9024) | ||
| 848793 | 2010-01-14 22:30:00 | Hill and Stewart, is it going off too? | Renmoo (66) | ||
| 848794 | 2010-01-14 22:42:00 | Spam warning ;) A mate of mine (Phil (www.stormav.com)) sold his store in Mt Eden to Eastern HiFi a few years ago. He recently opened a store (http://www.stormav.com/) in Parnell (12 - 18 months ago?), selling top-end AV gear (because that's what he knows inside-out). He gave me a tour of the shop a couple of months ago and I sat in some of the demo rooms to have a play with the expensive toys and listen to/see the differences in equipment. Heaven! He even had a valve amplifier (they ARE still being made) for around $2-3K which provided absolutely AMAZING sound... :spam :ban |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 848795 | 2010-01-14 23:10:00 | He even had a valve amplifier (they ARE still being made) for around $2-3K which provided absolutely AMAZING sound... im told that the valve Amps are still in demand today by high end users as they provide a much better quality result that modern mosfet Amps cant even get close too? |
MAC_H8ER (5897) | ||
| 848796 | 2010-01-14 23:29:00 | im told that the valve Amps are still in demand today by high end users as they provide a much better quality result that modern mosfet Amps cant even get close too? That was certainly my impression listening to a range of music played through it. At that price, it's also a viable alternative to the really high price 'normal' amps too.... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 848797 | 2010-01-15 02:02:00 | I was sorry to hear the news - Eastern HiFi served me well when I was in Auckland. Hope the staff get good jobs. | Greg (193) | ||
| 848798 | 2010-01-15 02:30:00 | He even had a valve amplifier (they ARE still being made) for around $2-3K which provided absolutely AMAZING sound... Did he point out that its a the defect in the valve technology that introduces a background noise that some people find pleasing? |
Metla (12) | ||
| 848799 | 2010-01-15 02:38:00 | I have belonged to a Hi Fi club for at least 20 years and have heard many differant amps both valve and transistor and find that after a time valves become dull, boring and flat sounding, and it is always good to go back to a transistor powered amp. A drawback with valve amps is that the valves slowly burn out and need replacing, a bit like a light bulb. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 848800 | 2010-01-15 02:46:00 | Is that not all part of the fun Trev? As a fellow nerd, I would have thought that 'tweaking' was part of your nature....??? :) |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 848801 | 2010-01-15 06:20:00 | Id take a valve amp over anything, that is coming from a guitarist point of view so I really only know guitar amps but they scream | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
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