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11-18-03
Acoustic reality. do a search and you'll find some people w ... Bigkidz
11-18-03
In addition to other companies like bel canto that will like ... Nanderson
11-18-03
Does "best" take price into account? can anyone p ... Eldartford
11-18-03
Ar: www.acoustic-reality.com and jeff rowlands new ice power ... Bambadoo
11-18-03
Don't forget the ps audio hca-2 150 watt per channel power a ... Daltonlanny
11-18-03
I have heard bel canto on he 2003 in sf with grand utpias an ... Sorlowski
11-18-03
One side is a great potential to get more power due to the h ... Marakanetz
11-18-03
I run the musician ii with maggie 3.6's. superb,superb,super ... Zenieth
11-18-03
Marakanetz...my experience suggests that digital equipment t ... Eldartford
11-18-03
I've only heard the tact at a show, but was mightly impresse ... Unsound
11-18-03
5 years warrantee can also be a pain when you should send yo ... Marakanetz
11-18-03
I got to go with the spectron musician 2 amp. i heard this ... Doug99
11-18-03
I hear tell stereotimes is coming out with a review of the a ... Nealhood
11-18-03
I also heard the acoustic reality ear ii amp was about to re ... Kana813
11-19-03
Nealhood, the psa amp stock sounded better to the bel canto ... Little_milton
11-19-03
Stereo times reviewed the evo very recently too. they are go ... Muralman1
11-19-03
Muralman1, when you say ear, are you talking about the tube ... Twilo
11-19-03
I have not heard any other digital amp other than spectron, ... Telescope_trade
11-19-03: Fiddler
Little Milton, don't get too excited. Some here just like taking pot shots at the HCA-2.
I find it hilarious that many of the amps that are often compared to the HCA-2 are 2 to 3 times more expensive than the HCA-2. And if modding a product means the product wasn't "well-engineered" to begin with, then virtually every component ever discussed here has to be considered poorly engineered because they all get modded searching for better performance. Not to mention the manufacturer mods (upgrades) to their own products, i.e the Spectron I, II, and now III or the Bel Canto 2002.x or xx, xxx. I can't even keep up with all of the Bel Canto changes. I am shocked, in fact, that Spectron and Bel Canto had to come out with so many upgrades to their products since Nealhood annointed them as "well engineered". And the ironic thing is that the HCA-2 upgrades I did to the HCA-2 cost $75 vs. the Spectron and Bel Canto upgrades which cost several hundreds more!
I think you get my point.
Spend $75 in premium parts on a $1,700 amp and I suspect it will compete with any of the amps mentioned here. Oh, and BTW, in its stock form it kicks the crap out of the Bel Canto based on virtually every post I have read comparing the two.
Click on the Review section at AA and read the HCA-2 reviews and the follow-up threads. There is much good information there from posters who have actually done direct comparisons of the HCA-2 to other "well-engineered" amps. Either the balance of the opinions at AA are correct about the HCA-2 or the "drive-by" HCA-2 posters at the 'Gon are correct. Take your pick.
Fiddler (Threads | Answers | This Thread)
11-19-03
Muralman1 -"the ice module has greater potential than t ... Kana813
11-19-03
Kana, i use my hearing to compare the two. there is no conte ... Muralman1
11-19-03
Muralman1- "i use my hearing to compare the two." ... Kana813
11-19-03
You know the tact is a system, pre and amp. knowing the spea ... Muralman1
11-20-03
Kana, you have to take muralman with a grain of salt. not 6 ... Fiddler
11-20-03
Well said fiddler! in this world we all have biases and pref ... Zenaissance
11-20-03
Well, we all need to take anything we say with a grain of sa ... Muralman1
11-20-03
These new cl.d amps are going to give all those that are loo ... Abex
11-20-03
For what it's worth, i love my acoustic reality ear two. i d ... Oxia
11-21-03
Re. modifying amps. given the talk about making modificatio ... Oxia
11-21-03
Oxia is right. mods can help a lot of components, and not ot ... Muralman1
11-21-03
Oxia, i think you are missing the point. virtually every pr ... Fiddler
11-21-03
Fiddler, i see your point, but i think you've missed mine. ... Oxia
11-21-03
Oxia, you and i are in complete agreement. i have purchased ... Fiddler
11-22-03
Check out this yamaha digital amp. it looks impressive. i ... Doug99
11-24-03
I just saw this mod for ps audio amps. www.asi-audio.com a ... Twilo
11-26-03
I was stunned by the length of the post!lol actually i stan ... Panny
11-26-03
Anyone try to build one of these lc audio zappulse digital a ... Panny
12-03-03
Solar hi-fi is building their digital fusion amps using the ... Lorenzo
12-03-03
Fiddler, i think you will find out even sooner. there will b ... Muralman1
12-06-03
After watching the posts for several weeks i decided to take ... Allend
12-07-03
Ta dum! Muralman1
05-28-04
I recently bought a carver 1600 and sold my classe 400 after ... Zapper
05-28-04
Boy, have you dredged up an old thread, zapper. times have m ... Muralman1
05-28-04
Digital amp ?? maybe i'm missing something here, but how do ... Readster
05-28-04
The fellow who started the thread, a long time ago, used the ... Muralman1
05-28-04
Muralman1, can you provide a link to information about the h ... Onhwy61
05-28-04
The h2o site isn't up yet. the site builder is waiting for p ... Muralman1
05-28-04
Muralman1...i think that we call an amplifier "digital& ... Eldartford
05-28-04
Eldarford, tact owners will scold you for that summation. ;) ... Muralman1
05-28-04
Muralman1- you're corect about tact users. they know that th ... Kana813
05-28-04
Aloha kana.... i told you eldartford..... ;d Muralman1
05-29-04
Muralman1...long ago rolls royce could truthfully say " ... Eldartford
05-29-04
It is interesting to note that while the tact did win a ster ... Loudandclear
05-29-04
Loudandclear- i've been to cp's home and heard his tact gear ... Kana813
06-01-04
Muralman, looking at the apogee users site, it would be ... Rgcards
06-01-04
The creator of the h2o is henry ho. henry is a good friend o ... Muralman1
06-01-04
Muralman, given that you are h2os "chief cheer leader&q ... Onhwy61
06-01-04
Hello fellows! i have to chime in here in support of henry. ... Loudandclear
06-02-04
Onhy61, i meant my self designation to be taken tongue firml ... Muralman1
06-02-04
I certainly wish i had the definitive answer to this questio ... Blindjim
06-02-04
Any toughts on the new audio research digital amp? Hbarrel
06-02-04
The aresearch is based on the tripath chipset. a couple dea ... Loudandclear
06-05-04
Well, well, well..it's been sometime since i've done any pos ... 1953
06-05-04
1953- you use a tact rcs 2.2x, has its' power supply been up ... Kana813
06-05-04
Hey kana813. yeah a chum on the forum keeps bugging me abou ... 1953
06-05-04
Kana, that was a prototype we begged for to be passed about ... Muralman1
06-05-04
No such thing!! tubes Jphii
06-05-04
1953- i agree with you, for $2k the h2o sounds very interest ... Kana813
06-06-04
Sorry i came across... cross. i have heard the tact over and ... Muralman1
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