There are many, many reasonably designed loudspeakers, including some very, very well designed ones, for which 20w would be inadequate, even at quite modest listening levels. Sure, a valve amp like yours will have a benign overload characteristic so might not sound so offensive when it runs out of juice, which it surely will, but to constrain yourself to speakers of above 92db sensitivity, and with probably not much bottom end, excludes an awful lot of good speakers, and if I had a grand to spend on the front end of a decent hi-fi, I wouldn't want to limit my choice so drastically. I do listen to a lot of classical music, which can have a colossal dynamic range.
The Transporter showing it's age? Why a display? Why a touch sensitive knob? Why not a straight media renderer like the DS stuff? Is the DAC still the best around? I think Linn have moved things on with the design of their stuff, and I hope other manufacturers, including Logitech, will respond. -- JezA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JezA's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21219 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64680 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
