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Message started by KobeeDog on 10/31/13 at 23:27:14

Title: SE84C+ Review
Post by KobeeDog on 10/31/13 at 23:27:14

http://audioreview.ca/default.aspx?pagename=review&reviewID=7403

Title: Re: SE84C+ Review
Post by Guillaume Bougard on 01/08/15 at 15:46:44

I received my unit and unpacked it, put it together and fired it up with "Kaya" by Bob Marley. This being an office setup, I don't have a turntable and use a mac to play music into a nice Astell & Kern 120 which I use as a DAC, which then feeds into the amp, which itself feeds Omega desktop speakers. These speakers are something else and until now I was using a nice little Audioengine N22 amp.

Let's just say that the SE84 takes me places I've never been to before.

I am now playing the album I produced with Sly & Robbie called Dubrising and I'm having a blast similar to what I experienced with I was in the mastering studio after the engineer had finished his job. AWESOME!

Thanks Steve Deckert for such a piece of art.

Title: Re: SE84C+ Review
Post by Lon on 01/08/15 at 15:51:17

So glad you are enjoying it out of the box. Wait til it's broken in! And put in a big system!

Title: Re: SE84C+ Review
Post by Doorman on 01/08/15 at 22:06:20

This wonderful equipment has mostly lacked snob appeal.
Music lovers know the real value of this equipment.
Congrats on your purchase !

Title: Re: SE84C+ Review
Post by Lonely Raven on 01/09/15 at 14:08:51

Snob appeal - I love that.

I was at an audio shop before - they were letting me borrow a pair of speakers I was considering buying - I returned them saying they had a lot of sibilance, and they tried to tell me that I had blown them, probably from cranking my amp too loud. When I explained I was running a 2 watt Zen amp, and it was unlikely I blew the tweeters rated at 50 watts, he then started bashing the Zen amp calling it "industrial" and of a "pedestrian design". It made me laugh, especially since I'm still using this amp 16 years later.

Title: Re: SE84C+ Review
Post by KobeeDog on 01/15/15 at 03:14:41

LOL. I'm surprised they didn't say that you blew the speakers due to to clipping because the amp was "underpowered".