Far be it for me to challenge Seb's taste in amplifiers, but I remember listening to A1s quite a few times back in the day. They were part of the reason why I ran away from Class A for decades. Until Colin brought one of his round to my flat.
The A1 had a bad problem the OP stage was to small and the heatsink were a waste of space and pointless for the heat that came of those bloody health risk devices. DO NOT BUY
Too right on health risk. Such a product would never make approval to market now.
I remember cutting my hand on a sharp edge of an A1, bit of a gusher so had to go out of the dem room to stem the flow and dress the cut. Came back to nicely cooked blood on the amp! Sliced and sauteed.
I like a selection of MF product but hated the A1 and never thought it deserved the reputation for SQ it was gifted.
That’s a great story. :-D ”No. I won’t be buying the amp. I wasn’t that impressed with the sound, and to be honest I can’t afford to lose another finger...”
Too right on health risk. Such a product would never make approval to market now.
I remember cutting my hand on a sharp edge of an A1, bit of a gusher so had to go out of the dem room to stem the flow and dress the cut. Came back to nicely cooked blood on the amp! Sliced and sauteed.
I like a selection of MF product but hated the A1 and never thought it deserved the reputation for SQ it was gifted.
What a story! MF did have their build issues from time to time ;-)
Ditto on the SQ. The A1 was the aural equivalent of blancmange.
Ok I went and picked my mate up he cant drive anymore, I said listen to my Claymore and that was it he sat there and said he is totally discombobulated how an amp can play music like that. So i have managed to find my old mate an Inca tech Claymore. An iss 6 as well. He is retired an not so well off so he can pay me as and when . It's great when you can help someone out in many ways . Thank you all for your guidance. And thank you to Col for building such a great amp. You now have another Claymore fan
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Far be it for me to challenge Seb's taste in amplifiers, but I remember listening to A1s quite a few times back in the day. They were part of the reason why I ran away from Class A for decades. Until Colin brought one of his round to my flat.
But that's a tangent.
”No. I won’t be buying the amp. I wasn’t that impressed with the sound, and to be honest I can’t afford to lose another finger...”
What a story! MF did have their build issues from time to time ;-)
Ditto on the SQ. The A1 was the aural equivalent of blancmange.