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Hey guys...do a little research and check out the Perlisten partners. There is Decades upon Decades of experience behind the name. I'll give you one name in particular...Stephen Mascenik. If you Sold HiFi and Written about HiFi you could appreciate the experience behind the brand.

My 55 inch television has JBL sound equipment on board and it's he best ever tv sound I've heard. It even has some degree of bass besides clear mids and non fatigue treble. 😍

I meant Garrard

I have a 401 Gaernarfon deck with an SME SERIES 4. Beautiful sound and quad 301 and 33 tilt amp

Party speakers

Stunning kit… have just got a pair of 801 matrix series 2. They had a fibercrete mid range head assembly back then (but probably dampens well).

What Hi Fi really didn't like these. I wonder if they screwed up with sources and postioning. Only gave them three stars out of five. Then again many of their reviews are outliers.

Hi Mike, Hi Dave, a really interesting and engaging video. Thank you. It just so happens that I am using the Sugden DAP 800 (which is their preamplifier that incorporates the DAC-4 within it). Like you, I like it very much but I am confused, sorry about this, but on Sugden's website they clearly mention that the dac is NON over sampling, and some additional research tells me that the TD1543 chip is actually a Resistor Ladder (R2R) chip without any digital filtering... and I think that this is what Sugden is doing here. Could this be correct, or am I missing something? There is surprisingly little information on its technical desgin. ;-) Keep up the great work, Harley

This amp looks to get great reviews. How would it fair driving Dali Opticon 6's at 89db's?

This works really well at 1.25x. It gives the lads a bit of pep.

Thanks for the review!!I am between this and PMC prodigy 1 for small treated room (aprox 12m2) in nearfield setup (1,3 - 1,4 meters).Can you please tell me your opinion what will be the best option for me?🎵🎶🎤

+1 for discrete transistors here, I belive naim also does not use the mosfets/FETs but bipolars. It sounds much better to me, those mosfets are simply to fast and the tones appear to instantly which is unnatural. And it absolutely does not mean that the amp is slower than, it is not.

The Nakamitchi Tri-Tracer in 1973 , must have been better than , most cassette tapes , would allow it to be. Until better cassette tape came along , in the future !

I have rega aethos and this amp is brilliant. When i play music i never listen brand i enjoy music and love my life. All my equipment is from rega research and in my opinion rega is best. Made for music lovers from people who know how music sound.

Can we do a discussion on watts and current..I get fed up with this because people don't seem to get Amps and watts..Please guys because I'm fed up answering this question???

This amp with a pair of ar3 acoustic research ar3 magic combination

HI-FI Snobs talk rubbish

Where are the balanced connectors? Is this a class A amplifier?

Enjoyable review as ever gents! There’s no better feeling than waking up on a sunny winter morning in Australia, making a coffee and finding out there’s a new Riff on YT. Keep ‘em coming, always great entertainment.

I owned a pair of E30’s in 1979, which replaced my Celestion Ditton 15XR. Then In bought a pair of E90’s which I still have, albeit stored in my attic. So in 1979 I had pair of E30’s on top of a pair of E90’s, and belive me they were loud. This may have contributed to my poor hearing now later in life. Before I bought the E90’s I was also looking at the Leak 2075 but choose the E90’s. I used an Eagle A7400 amplifiier to drive them.

great review guys i really enjoy your videos i just got a pair of martin audio cdd5s and they are superb

Love your reviews - always so much fun. Way back in the day I had a pair of JBL L100s so it was interesting to hear your thoughts on these.

Your playing all the right speakers but not necessarily in the right order.

The Rega amps get great reviews but I've never understood why the volume controls are soo poor? For that reason I've never bought one and much prefer the engineering of my Cyrus amps.

“It’s stiff, it’s hard, it works.” That’s what she said! 🥴

Ah ha! Ah ha, ha, ha! But what about ............. the Mission 770's!? OK, OK they are much more but ...

Fab vid. Good humor mixed with an in-depth intelligently-constructed review. You two slay all others who do what you do.

JBL - Junky But Loud

You should review some of those Evel knievel speakers next, the literally take off..

Not many hifi-channels compare "parts" to dentist drills. That is usually done on more adult oriented media. Always 30min well spent! Cheers Gents and Viele Grüße aus Köln

I don't know why CZcams continues to allow this constant exposure of sockets, I mean, is this REALLY a family friendly channel? 😁

🖤in regard to appropriation of funds, I'm from the school of speakers.. they do, after all is said and done, have the final say.. 🖤L82 rated solely in relation to their intended application would have produced an eminently more knowledgeable review.. think Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Eagles, Steve Miller Band..🤔 ♠it was like me bursting out with.. well the 6KHz crossover treble on the NS-1000 (studio or home) was unequivocally nicknamed "the hair-parter!!" but golly it was a lot of fun.. 😂..back in the day!! might as well compare the L82 with an LS5/9 for all that review was worth..

Very enjoyable and entertaining video as always chaps. I've had a pair of these for about a year as part of my 'speaker stash. I agree they certainly are a big and bold sounding design with strong dynamics, not least because that bass driver build quality is a work of art, a massively built casting and lots of goodness isn't on show. There was mention of how it measures - you'd be surprised as while a bit lumpier than a true monitor its response trend is classic BBC monitor, mildly dipped in the upper mid section with a mild bump around 100Hz and mild, broad HF lift at the zero setting. This speaker sounds really good at low to moderate listening levels as in effect it has a mild built-in 'loudness' contour. I don't find it hard or bright - something more 'reference' like KEF's LS50 or R3 Meta sound harder and brighter for example. Something to remember is the effect of baffle step. So many modern slim boxes suffer in this regard and designers have to sacrifice efficiency to prevent those designs sounding too thin and lean. With a big wide box these limitations ease, and you get a fuller sound with 2-3dB of sensitivity gain. The snazzy retro foam covers are available in three colours in accessory packs for about £120. My pair came with the blue foams and I picked up a black set. I don't do burnt orange. Very nice benign load which is becoming rare these days - true 8 Ohm and decently sensitive. Sound great on the normal Sugden A21 signature and super dynamic and punchy on the Technics SUG700/2 :) Rob

Now listen chaps, glad you are venturing out into Rocky Mountain territory. On that note, I agree with another Riffraff below, you could try Klipsch Heresy next. I had a new pair and the shop gave me a full cash refund six months into ownership. They were like my 1970s Triumph Spitfire: a hopelessly unreliable bag of bolts. The most dramatic failure was all the speaker terminals falling off when I was trying to fit new jumpers.

They actually measure not that bad. I certainly wouldn't add treble though ... Oh, and Computer World > Tour de France.

Great rapport between you two guys, always interesting to watch 👍

I like JBL's, although they are a bit ugly and industrial looking. They look like they belong in a studio more than a lounge.

Yes, yes, yes, yeah, yes, yeah, yes, yes. No, yeah, yes, yeah, yep, yes, YES, yep, yes, yes, YEP, (Insert sarcastic comment) Yes, yes, yes yep.

Speakers with a strong personality. How did Mike feel making the transition between these and his Quad ESL? Quite the polar opposite in presentation no doubt. Thank-you.

And I'm left here with Richard Allen Sardana speakers with cone tweeters 🤦 may not be hifi and I hate the tweeters but I love the mids and the 70s slow bass

Sloppy, boomy bass, shrill highs...what's not to love if you're a headbanger?

Hey David Price, I've read lots of your articles in the past (i chose a Dynavector Carat after your review) You went to Focal and asked them "off the record" but you pronounce this on the www. Crazy Adrian

Mo Iqbal's original Monitor Audio Gold Domes used ceramic-coat anodised Magnesium-aluminium alloy dome tweeters gents, please give the wonderful Mo Iqbal the credit he deserves . He truly made some astonishingly good speakers such as the Studio 20Se and Monitor One. Both of which I would highly recommend to do a retro Riff on!

I would love to do a side by side with the Mission 770.

Not a JBL fan. I feel most buy for nostalgia. Over priced for sound quality. I know many love JBL, and that’s great. Just not my thing. If I want horns again, I’d go Klipsch. I’m hooked on soft dome tweeters now and love the Wharfedale sound. 🎶

JBL - just bloody loud 😊 Another freat riff guys. Yours is by far and away the best hifi chanel on youtube.

Guys I'm going to say something here..I spent a fortune on a pair of 4343's..New components, separate crossovers, new drivers, new wood not veneer and binding posts..Have you heard of Kenrick sound.. Mine cost the price of a second hand Merc delivered!!! Fab channel 🙂

<<It's stiff it's hard it works.. does the Job>>

"Stoned again? I don`t know what that means, is it biblical?" that cracked me up! 😹evening gents!

Oh..I have that original Kraftwork album on Vinyl! It's a keeper....