Another little gem

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Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote:Anyway at least the Lentek was better than the Audiolab. Strange Lentek - Audiolab - Tag MaClaren, funny how they got worse each time.
And it always baffled me (quite genuinely) that Audiolab took the blueprint for the 8000A from the A&R A60. One lesson in how to royally f*ck-up a really nice little amp.

As an aside - I used to own an A60, came by it almost by accident...

Bought a Mission Cyrus 2 (ie the latest super duper whizz-bang amp from Huntingdon). Took it back because I thought it was faulty, brought another one home, it was just as bad. Dealer let me borrow his demo one (so it was run in). Sounded just as bad. He took the Cyrus back as a trade-in on a used Nytech CA252 plus cash to me - which I spent in the shop anyway as he was a good bloke.

The Nytech was a peach - not a lot of power, but sooooo easy to listen to. Took it round a mate's house to put up against his A&R A60 - I preferred the A60 by a small margin, he preferred the Nytech so we swapped them. You can get a nice A60 for less than 100 quid now, and it really is a lovely amp imho if it's not knackered.
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I still have my A60 somewhere I think one of the kids use it now but it still sounds good with JPW's
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applemarc wrote:I still have my A60 somewhere I think one of the kids use it now but it still sound good inth JPW's
I'll bet that works very nicely indeed and would show some modern stuff the way home.
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I think one has the A60 the other has the Creek with Goodmans Minimax
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Gromit wrote: I'll bet that works very nicely indeed and would show some modern stuff the way home.
Especially if they happen to be Class D :lol:

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Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote:
Gromit wrote: I'll bet that works very nicely indeed and would show some modern stuff the way home.
Especially if they happen to be Class D :lol:

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There's always a few A60's on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=A ... &_from=R40

Not the best amplifer in the world, but they're good little honest amps for £70 or less.

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Which would you prefer Lindsay, one of these or a new Class D box. About the same price. I remember you had a Class D at the London Bake-off Show so you should be able to make a judgement.

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A&R A60 over the matchbox sized class D we had at the Halloween bake-off.

Everyone who expressed an opinion prefered the sound of the A60 to the class D.

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