"roke" wrote in message
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"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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roke wrote:

I'm thinking of getting one of these power amps. Can find no reviews. Or
else I am looking at the Quad 405. Can anyone tell me what the Mark
series
power amps are like? (I will be running it with SAE Mark IB pre-amp and
Kef
Concerto speakers).

You have an aversion to anything modern by any chance ?

Graham


Not particularly. Just trying to upgrade within a certain budget. So, I
decided to keep the concertos, re-cap them, and re-build into a more
modern, tall, cabinet (stumbled across a good german design). For ~150euro
don't think I can do much better with regard speakers.

Then, throwing out my Yamaha CR640 integrated amp. Found the SAE IB for a
great price by accident. Works perfect. Now looking for a power amp for
~150euro. Reckon I can get more bang for the buck with vintage gear, and
would probably match my KEFs better. So I was looking at the SAE Mark
gear, 405, and I have my eye on something else which has come up which I
won't mention at this time in case of competition!!

See how it goes..

Ro
Also thought the Quad 405 faciliated a good upgrade route... because you can
easily get the Quad 405 upgraded... lots of kits out there...

Then, next amp after the 405 will probably be good Valve monoblocks. But I
don't want to go down the road of having to mess around with and tweak what
I would be able to buy for 100euro a block. Will wait till I can throw a lot
more cash at it. Also, I want a bit more power.

Ro