Hypex Ncore integrated amp with phono

[beerandmusic]

http://www.laaudioshow.com/single-post/2017/05/16/LKV-Research-Amp

[beerandmusic]

yes, i did!  Sounded great...he had it paired with johnathon audio which i never heard of and those sounded really good too....

 

I just got home from 3hr drive, but i will see if i took any pics of it or not..i don't think i did..i took very few pics and most i took, i took one handed with my phone and out of focus....what i was even more impressed with as far as sound goes though was a prototype by questyle with focal speakers.  (class d amplifier with class a input stage and dac built into one)...

 

I would definitely consider the LKV-Research-Amp though..sounded awesome.. hard to compare the 2 when they were in different rooms with different speakers, but i liked the questyle pairing better....the focals were 20K speakers and the johnathon speakers were 16K speakers....i would love either (grin)...a little out of my price range.

[beerandmusic]

correction..the speakers LKV was using with his ncore amp was Joseph Audio, not Johnathan Audio (grin)....still never heard of them, but they sounded great...great enough that i even picked up a flyer on the speakers. 

No, i don't have pictures, but it does exist, and you can see pics on his facebook at the show.

https://www.facebook.com/LkvResearch/

[beerandmusic]

^^^  i think he must be doing something right if he retired young as attorney to pursuit his interest in audio, and he is selling phono only preamp for $500+...to me that sounds like a lot for a phono ONLY preamp...but when i was at the show there was a seminar on the comeback of vinyl and how sales continue to increase (pro-ject alone sold 150,000 turntables last year)...anyway, that guy bought a 30K tonearm...geesh.