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| Roksan Kandy MKIII Integrated Amplifier |
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|  Average Rating: 5 out of 5 No. of Reviews: 7 RRP: £649.99 Year: 2004 Description: Equipped with six inputs and a separate tape input, accommodating seven source components - one of which can be switched to work as a moving magnet or moving coil phono-stage. 120 Watts per channel power output, the amplifier can partner a wide range of loudspeakers. Headphone output mounted on the near panel.
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|  | | Posted: 18/11/08 | | 'EXCELLENT AMP WITH ALL TYPES OF MUSIC ON ANY INPUT SOURCE' | | Strengths:
Solid build, jaw-dropping sound quality that makes you smile every time. Well laid out rear panel, easy to connect, including biwiring a single pair of speakers using banana plugs.
I use it with a Kandy CD player, Denon DAB tuner, Project turntable and Yamaha tape desk. Whatever the source, it sounds good and clean. Can cope with anything from loud choral and rock to gentle folk to classical chamber music or full orchestra. Bass notes are notes, not just boom. Turn up the volume and it just gets louder, with no grimace-inducing distortion. Separation is better than I've known before, and throughout the sonic range it just picks out the detail and sends it to the speakers.
No unnecessary switches and buttons, just the ones you need to listen to your chosen source. Good remote too. | | Weaknesses:
None that I've found. Even the rear connectors are clearly labelled both ways up, ideal for someone like me with middle-aged eyesight.
Sadly I now notice very easily the difference in the recorded quality of CDs, but that hardly the amp's fault. | | Overall:
An excellent amp, that has exceeded all my expectations. Its replacement is supposed to be even better, but if you have the opportunity to buy one of these, don't worry, you'll not be losing out, it's a sonic marvel.
I only went in the shop to get some banana plugs, but came out with the amp and CD player as well, at a price I couldn't ignore. I got the pair for little over the cost of one on its own (they were 6 months old), both in mint condition.
My wife claims not to hear some of the differences that I do, but she too has noticed more details in music that she is familiar with, and now hears bits she'd never heard before. |
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| | | | Performance | | 100% | | Build | | 100% | | Value | | 100% |
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| | | Posted: 29/06/08 | | | | | Performance | | 80% | | Build | | 80% | | Value | | 60% |
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| | | Posted: 07/03/07 | | 'WORTH THE MONEY, UPGRADEABLE,REFINED' | | Strengths:
Detail, power, build quality,attention to detail,upgradeable you can add poweramp to it, the amp makes you listen to music more and reveal individual bits of music you never heard b4 | | Weaknesses:
the mode button on the amp should be labeled power/ standby | | Overall:
this amp replaced my marantz pm66se which died on me, after reading a lot of reviews, i wanted a amp which can be upgradeable,compared to the marantz, this amp captivated me the way it presented music, roksan clearly paid a lot of attention to component quality and this paid off, in attention to detail the cyrus will beat it but the cyrus is noted for its lean sound where as this one has a muscular sound giving it a balance picture of the music its playing,well worth it i give it 5 stars |
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| | | | Performance | | 100% | | Build | | 100% | | Value | | 80% |
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