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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    yes the UK distributor gave up on Norma . not sure why . i believe they have a new one now but for a while there was an awful lot of bargains about
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    Sean Jacobs DC3 power supply in da house

    i use a dc3 psu on my bel canto pre 3 vbs . made a huge difference in weight of sound and bass
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    Your All Time Favorite Preamplifiers?

    My favourite pre amp was the Audio research ref 5se , utterly real and sadly missed . the bel canto pre amps are not as good but they are very enjoyable too and a lot cheaper
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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    yes the moonriver was not bad but i must confess i found it a bit polite . the norma has bite and its very smooth . I only heard the leben some years ago with these at a show so hard to compare . i do prefer the norma i think
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    QUAD Artera Pre...

    funnily enough i was just looking at one to buy on a website !! used to have a schiit freya . maybe other more quad based forums would be better https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/whats-a-good-pre-amp-for-quad-qsp.230129/page-2#post-4525175 lots of fans on pink fish media...
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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    highly modded impulse taus horns . here seen with boenicke for scale . they have exterior crossover and 93db impulse taus and boenicke by https://www.flickr.com/photos/158267783@N02/, on Flickr
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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    at the moment there are a number in uk at 2195 . this one i have is 2595 but rrp is is £3475 line only . 4024 with usb dac and 3694 with phono
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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    It's a new venture called Mana Audio. Nothing to do with the old equipment rack manufacturer Mana Acoustics. they also distribute these speakers https://rossofiorentino.com/
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    Norma IPA-140B - a truly memorable experience

    got a norma audio 70b here right now on demo. lovely build quality . very smooth and powerful . norma have just got a new distributor in UK so good news really . they deserve to do well . i like it a lot ! P1070865 by , on Flickr
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    Moonriver 404 = Midrange Magic

    Funny thing I often go through the lovely south Devon town where graham audio are made and a friend has bought a pair and loves them
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    Moonriver 404 = Midrange Magic

    yes i should like to compare the 2 amps . the ref is quite a bit more . Moonriver-404 by , on Flickr
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    Moonriver 404 = Midrange Magic

    was that the standard version steve ?
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    Moonriver 404 = Midrange Magic

    been using the moonriver 404 ref for couple of weeks now with impulse taus RFC modded horns [ 93db]. very nice amp to use . i am VERY fussy about remotes and this one is just fine . Very anlogue sound, very realistic drums . its not the most powerful amp so i found the amphion 3s [ argon one in...
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    Gato pwr 222 monoblocks

    wow thanks bmw , there is a big love of gato in uk , friend of mine using the lovely 150 integrated with a focal 1028 and loves it. he had gamut power amp before some years ago. these are of course not easy to come by . i am always interested in comments about kit that is a decent size and...
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    Thrax Libra - A Statement Preamplifier and A Game Changer

    Yes would love to but brexit has made life harder and only 1 or 2 dealers in UK sadly
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