Mr. P's new amp

[frenchmon]

Well I finally got a chance to listen to Peabodys new 400R amp today. And I now know what all the fussing that Blackraven has been doing over the years is about. And I might just start doing some fussing about it my self. The thing is the real deal in my book. All Peabody did is remove the Conrad Johnson mono blocks from his system and put in the AVA 400R amp and change out a few cables and to my ears the AVA sounded much better. And when I say much better I mean it. The Conrad is very warm...Im talking thick warm. Enter the AVA and the thick warm tube sound is gone and a lively tube sound with a very rich luxurious mid range, deep bottom and a very nice top end is what you hear. Very transparent and natural sounding. We played all types of music and the AVA seems to add nothing to the music but a great harmonic tube distortion that you really don't notice unless you listen for it because you know the difference in the tube/solid state sound. So once again the AVA is the real deal....if its in your price range it has to be on your short list.

The only thing I can say that the Conrad Johnson did better than the AVA 400R was to give a darker back ground which makes the music seem to have a better front to back depth. But other than that...the AVA was better in all of areas of the presentation. Now dont get me wrong....the AVA has a dark background...only that the C-J is darker.

Anybody in the market for some Conrad Johnson mono blocks? If so, look online at Audiogon.


Where are all these people who say that Power amps don't have a sound?