I have always wanted to hear the Vida into a Preda and unfortunately we didn’t get chance yesterday despite Guy kindly bringing the Preda. It was @thebiglebowski’s fault, he ran off with Jim’s amps . So Guy very generously offered me a loan. Just got it all set up and wow, I will post my thoughts after a proper listen, first impression is,and I don’t know if preamps can be described as sounding fast, that this is a Ferrari. Cheers Guy I think I am really gonna enjoy this lend. Oh and the Rehdekos are singing like I have never heard them before, the rumours must be true.
The new amp arrived and after much sweating was manhandled into place and is now playing.
It sounds… different.
The technics was more immediately listenable or maybe my ears had got used to it’s warm muddy sound.
Just have to listen lots to make sure I made the right decision.
I do plan on trying the Raals with the mids using this four channel amp but the principal reason for buying is to get something simple that to leave on all day for music playing via spotify - With that in mind I have knocked up yet another baffle setup -This time a small one. With luck Chrome cast audio, my mini DSP plus the Yamaha amp will work OK for a two way setup - For safety I might need to put a passive preamp in circuit.