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Just took delivery of a Rega io
Sounds good to my ears, especially for its size. I'd probably be better off with a Brio, but this sounds nice for the moment. I like the way it sounds more than the Rotel A12 that I in-home demoed.
It does, however, seem to work with some genres better than other. Guitars and vocals sound really wonderful and as if they're smack dab in my living room, but I listen to so many genres that this just might not be the right amp for me. Gonna give it some time though.
I think it sounds a bit thinner and more hollow than the Onkyo I have, which once again, shows just how great of a value proposition Onkyo amplifiers were before being discontinued. Considering the Rega has two analog inputs and a phono input. Versus the Onkyo with it's on board (decent) DAC, A+B speakers and analog and digi inputs a-plenty.
Edit: Yes, confirmed, John Martyn's The Man in the Station sounds sublime. S u b l i m e.
But then something like Start Running by The Comet is Coming just sounds a little bit lifeless. Shabaka Hutchings' sax doesn't seem to have quite as much energy or body as I'm used to.
Is this how someone What-HiFi's? Am I a professional What Hi-Fi reviewer now?