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Review and Measurements of Purifi 1ET400A Amplifier

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To Spain (with shipping), before VAT 19%, now with UK out of EU, VAT 21% I suppose. About € 1,450. Taxes at customs, how much to add?

No photo of the inside :(
 

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Hypex NC500 with Nord Rev D buffers.
There is the option of NC500 with standard, rev C and rev D buffers for sale. Nord has many options!
 

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To Spain (with shipping), before VAT 19%, now with UK out of EU, VAT 21% I suppose. About € 1,450. Taxes at customs, how much to add?

No photo of the inside :(
If I understand the current agreement correctly the VAT and customs arrangements are unchanged until December. After that who knows...
 

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Had a proper chance to listen to Alan’s ( March Audio) Purifi monos today, they easily swept aside a huge pair of valve mps, I realise that isn’t saying much.
Keith
 

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I enjoy fantastic sound on my second and cheap system. I have to be sure that the sound of the PURIFI 1ET400A is in accordance with the specifications. Let others do it for me.

Meanwhile I can still try to improve the Q100.
 

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Had a proper chance to listen to Alan’s ( March Audio) Purifi monos today, they easily swept aside a huge pair of valve mps, I realise that isn’t saying much.
Keith
“Swept aside”???

Can you define what that means in non-Hifi salesman terms?
 

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The valve amp was extremely noisy with ( I imagine) high percentage of distortion.
Itjust sounded ‘fuzzy’ and ill-defined.
Keith
 

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Why is it so cheap? does it only use one 1ET400A module? What is the output power?
it is a stereoamplifier with two cheaper input boards and a single power supply. Apollon and Nord use dual mono designs with the same power, say 200W. I rate it roughly the same as an NCore400.
 

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it is a stereoamplifier with two cheaper input boards and a single power supply. Apollon and Nord use dual mono designs with the same power, say 200W. I rate it roughly the same as an NCore400.
There is the option to use 2 power supplies, increasing the price from single PS £ 979 to twin PS £ 1,129 plus VAT.
Case looks nicer and opamp in rev C buffer is also better, so Nord takes the crown of best cheap stereo Purifi power amp.
 

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Out of all the Purifi based amps, how many do we have measurements for? Would it be premature to declare any "the best" at this point?
 

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The valve amp was extremely noisy with ( I imagine) high percentage of distortion.
Itjust sounded ‘fuzzy’ and ill-defined.
Keith

Would that be the best amplifier to use as a reference to compare against the Purifi? Why would you have such filth in your audio room to begin with? did you lose a bet or something?
 
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