Aren’t those just @coco’s design parameters for the BTJ series being applied to power amps?
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Does it cook pizzas?
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We could see how much pig fat is required to act as a perfect insulator for your fingers
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New PC came today. Up and running within an hour - Tidal dead easy, JRiver worked as well with a library backup, which kept all the complicated settings I have. I’m impressed by the simplicity of it all.
Now I have a 23" high res touch screen to choose music from 
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Modwright LS 36.5
Really liking the Modwright stuff, had an LS100 for a while but the 36.5 really is a different league.
Running the KWI 200 in bypass mode so it’s just a power amp, one that does over 650 Watts into 2 ohms 
If I had OCD I’d be mildly annoyed that the phono stage is black and not silver but I’m not, honest.
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Nice. Of course you’ll be wanting a MW phono stage in silver now 
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If the KWI200 was half the size and half the price id have one. Best sound ive had at home was with that amp.
It is an absolute beast and I had to stick a batton on the back of the shelf for it to fit. Surprised at how well it drives the obelisks as they are a horrible load for an amp with their 1-2 ohm dips.
Playing with the Technics SL1900 I bought for daughter - sounds pretty good 
She also thinks it looks pretty cool and will make her male vinyl head friends very jealous.
Just need to find a reasonably cheap but cool looking integrated amp with built in phono to go with it.
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Depending on what she thinks is cool…An old yamaha reciever could fit the bil, they sound decent and have competent phono stages, the CR820 i had did anyway.
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Retro looks, VU meters metal switches etc. The look of the 70’s I think is what she would approve of.
Google images yamaha cr820.
What speakers?
Yeah just did and you’re right that’s pretty much the look she’s going for.
She’s got the B&O ones at the minute but I’d look to replace those cos they’re a bit shit.
Don’t be, their reputation is exaggerated. A friend uses a Puresound A30 with his pair (which replaced a Krell pre/power!), the A30 drives them easily as loud as he can ever want, and with a crispness the Krells could never manage.
I really need to hear me some Shahinians. Does anyone know how they compare to Larsons, which are considerably more affordable and seem to do a similar thing?
I had a pair of Arcs (MK1 I think) and they were strange things, worked really well in a far too big room but struggled in smaller rooms. Quite a difficult load and I used some Primare 928 mono’s with them, quite amp fussy.
Didn’t really float my boat, heard quite a few models and none make me want to splash the cash.
I suspect they are a marmite speaker.
