Hi Sid42
I felt the exact same way about the 2 channel analog output of the stock BDP-83. For movies though the 7.1 analog outputs were great for my HT system.
Now back to the topic at hand.
Ive been thinking about this as Ive spent a bit of money on various things audio and the one item that Ive overspent way too much money on was a Phase Linear 700B. Yes you read right a Flame/Fuzz Linear 700B.
I originally saw a listing on another forum where a very good condition PL 700B was listed for $350 shipped. I had read the good and the bad about the amp but liked the look of it from looking at various sites on the net so I jumped in and bought it. To my dismay when it arrived it had a bent chassis in the rear, the front face was very discolored due to it being in a smokers home. I didnt complain because I didnt do the proper due diligence when buying.
At the time this PL 700B was supposed to be my reference amp of my 2 channel rig but I couldnt find a repair shop that was easy for me to get to and didnt have hours that worked with my schedule at the time. Or a repair place would need it to be shipped an dI didnt want to risk more damage.
I did find a pro audio shop and for another $350 they would bring my PL 700B up to spec. I think they just cleaned it up, took it apart and put it together. So now Im $700 into it. A week or so later Im listening and I find there is a hum coming from my speakers that isnt a ground loop. Since I didnt want to pay those guys in the pro audio shop because they took a lot of time on the amp and didnt do much I found another place to fix the 700B. It turned out there were issue with the old capacitors and other areas that the pro audio shop missed. So for another $375 everything would be fixed. New speaker binding posts, new/larger caps put in, new rca jacks etc etc. I dont know what I was thinking but one thing I do remember was since the beast was so big and difficult to ship and I would be selling at a large loss so I decided to have the thing repaired again. Now the repair took some time to complete so I picked up a Sumo Nine Amp on the cheap and found I really liked the Class A sound.
I get the Phase Linear 700B back and take out the Sumo Nine and listen to it for some time. It was too difficult for me to A/B and I find I now really didnt like the sound of the Phase Linear 700B. I check various sites to see what a refurbished 700B is going for and the loss would be too great for me. I already shelled out $1075. So now the PL 700B is the subwoofer amp for my HT set-up and it does a fine job. I made sure the PL 700B is in site so I can be reminded of my bad judgment and overspending. Man this was therapeutic. Thanks
I felt the exact same way about the 2 channel analog output of the stock BDP-83. For movies though the 7.1 analog outputs were great for my HT system.
Now back to the topic at hand.
Ive been thinking about this as Ive spent a bit of money on various things audio and the one item that Ive overspent way too much money on was a Phase Linear 700B. Yes you read right a Flame/Fuzz Linear 700B.
I originally saw a listing on another forum where a very good condition PL 700B was listed for $350 shipped. I had read the good and the bad about the amp but liked the look of it from looking at various sites on the net so I jumped in and bought it. To my dismay when it arrived it had a bent chassis in the rear, the front face was very discolored due to it being in a smokers home. I didnt complain because I didnt do the proper due diligence when buying.
At the time this PL 700B was supposed to be my reference amp of my 2 channel rig but I couldnt find a repair shop that was easy for me to get to and didnt have hours that worked with my schedule at the time. Or a repair place would need it to be shipped an dI didnt want to risk more damage.
I did find a pro audio shop and for another $350 they would bring my PL 700B up to spec. I think they just cleaned it up, took it apart and put it together. So now Im $700 into it. A week or so later Im listening and I find there is a hum coming from my speakers that isnt a ground loop. Since I didnt want to pay those guys in the pro audio shop because they took a lot of time on the amp and didnt do much I found another place to fix the 700B. It turned out there were issue with the old capacitors and other areas that the pro audio shop missed. So for another $375 everything would be fixed. New speaker binding posts, new/larger caps put in, new rca jacks etc etc. I dont know what I was thinking but one thing I do remember was since the beast was so big and difficult to ship and I would be selling at a large loss so I decided to have the thing repaired again. Now the repair took some time to complete so I picked up a Sumo Nine Amp on the cheap and found I really liked the Class A sound.
I get the Phase Linear 700B back and take out the Sumo Nine and listen to it for some time. It was too difficult for me to A/B and I find I now really didnt like the sound of the Phase Linear 700B. I check various sites to see what a refurbished 700B is going for and the loss would be too great for me. I already shelled out $1075. So now the PL 700B is the subwoofer amp for my HT set-up and it does a fine job. I made sure the PL 700B is in site so I can be reminded of my bad judgment and overspending. Man this was therapeutic. Thanks