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Apollon NCx500ST Stereo Amplifier Review
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EJ3
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Damn, the Christmas tree caught the house on fire (yeah, we keep it up until it's good 'n dry), then stuff it up the flue & light it off.
I guess that we need to just stay in darkness now to prevent that from happening.
I am wondering about audible differences. I have a Marantz SR7012 AVR. Right now I'm using its internal amps. If i use NCx500 connected to its preamp outs, but don't need the extra power, will there be an audiable difference? Speakers are Revel F32
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I expect an improvement, especially at the low end. The NCx500 keeps it's power there where it's most needed, in the basses. Most improvement will be heard at somewhat higher sound levels.
Just to give you two nicely contradicting answers. No, if you don't need the power: If your Marantz is currently not clipping, then there will be no difference in sound between the internal and any external amp, at any frequency.
@Endiboi is partly correct that you will run out of power first at low frequencies, and that will be at higher sound levels - but if your statement that "you don’t need the power" holds, then your amp is *not* running out of power - even in the bass - is not clipping, and therefore an external amp with more power won't make any difference.
And, as we know all too well, if you expect an improvement there will be an improvement.
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I don't know the specs or measured performance of your AVR, so can't say for sure. For me, switching from good but not SOTA AB amps and NAD-implemented UcD amps to my Apollon NCx500ST, the biggest noticeable difference was the ultra low noise floor when not in use (literally zero hiss on the tweeters of even my most high sensitivity speakers). It's not something I've ever experienced before, and it applies on the highest and lowest gain settings which makes it all the more impressive. In typical playback, I've not noticed any difference to my AB amps (and it would be totally unreliable and subjective if I had!). I've decided to stick with the Apollon because in my application I can use it in the lowest gain setting (12.8dB I think), and be content knowing that it's objectively the lowest noise option compared with my other amps with fixed gain around 30dB.
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Just want to add that there are still a few days left to buy https://apollonaudio.com/product/hypex-ncx500-ncorex-st-stereo-amplifier/ (and other AMPs) from Apollon with 10% using XMAS25 code
Will that 10% cover the tariff ?Just want to add that there are still a few days left to buy https://apollonaudio.com/product/hypex-ncx500-ncorex-st-stereo-amplifier/ (and other AMPs) from Apollon with 10% using XMAS25 code
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Website says no shipping available to US when I try to check out.
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Yes, it's not just the amount, it's the added hassle. Many international companies have chosen to simply not ship to the US, at least for the time being.
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Please enter the complete shipping address, including the postal code, so that the website can accurately calculate the shipping costs. We offer worldwide shipping.
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Eulipian
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Dunno.....maybe no shipping to the 5-0
JSmith
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Very odd... seems ok at my end;
Maybe its a browser issue, so possibly try another browser, incognito/private window or even a US VPN.
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EJ3
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I know from living 17 years in Saipan (which had 3 US Post offices there at the time [with USA Zip Codes]) that getting things shipped there sometimes took some odd, roundabout ways, as some companies would not ship things directly to there. Usually claiming that they could not ship to PMB or other non physical addresses (with no mail delivery service, no physical addresses and no street signs, a tough one to overcome).
But UPS, Fed/Ex and DHS would get it there (to their facility, you had to go pick it up (no different that USPS in that regard) for an exorbitant fee (much higher than the USPS).
Again: many companies just claimed: we don't do that, no matter what (even if USPS, UPS, FED/EX or DHS could). So...then what???
Then you had it shipped to a friend somewhere else, who would then ship it to your PMB.
Of course: a great pain in the butt (and sometimes wallet, when the resulting shipping cost exceeded the items cost).
Or, you decide that it wasn't worth the time, effort and cost and just did not do it.
Eulipian
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Ok. Got it to work with Firefox. Tried again from beginning with Brave and voila! Winning! Thanks.
236 € …. That’s a hefty shipping fee … does that include Tariffs ?
I was playing around with it and it shows me @110€ for shipping to Texas .
If not , that’s an expensive amp considering the price of a NCx500 from Buckeye - which I would assume sounds identical.
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