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Thread: KEF Q60s have now come alive.. |
    
Silver Member Username: James_the_god
Lancaster,
Lancashire
England
Post Number: 813
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 11:35 am: |
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The most vivacious amp I have ever owned. Trully a stepup from my Vintage Rotel I bought a couple of months ago.
Spent 5 hours cleaning it up properly including a trip for some new fuses.
Music is beatifully smooth and detailed. I found the Rotel RA-311 to produce a bit more sibilance than I wanted and detail wasnt the best. My new amp has a better grip on the sound.
Looks good, rare as! And sounds gorgeous. Was £240 in 1974, so working that out in todays money (£1800?). Ive trully found a bargain!
Odd scarch and dent on controls but hardly noticeable the sound is something magical.
Ok, I'll tell you, its a Marantz 1060. I bought this with aim to purchase a dual mono power amp using this as a pre-amp but I think I've changed my mind. It smashes the Rotel-Ra311 to bits.
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Silver Member Username: Kbear
Canada
Post Number: 258
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 07:34 pm: |
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I'm not big on the vintage stuff myself, but that is one nice looking amp! I can totally see how rewarding it would be to snag something like that, clean it up and maybe repair it, and have it sound great. Good to hear it matches so well with your KEF speakers, J. |
Platinum Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 13408
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 09:19 pm: |
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That is a pretty good amp JJ.
Now...cut the wires going to the switched and unswitched plugs on the rear panel, and insulate the leads.
These make a ton of noise in the power input.
Just a tip. |
Gold Member Username: Exerciseguy
Brooklyn,
NY
United States
Post Number: 2867
Registered: Oct-04
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| Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 10:21 pm: |
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I've always liked the look of that amp, congrats! |
Platinum Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 13409
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 10:57 pm: |
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The input jacks are a dead giveaway. |
Silver Member Username: James_the_god
Lancaster,
Lancashire
England
Post Number: 814
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 01:34 pm: |
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Definately Dan, its a nice match indeed.
Nuck I would take the tip only I dont want to mess it up especially with everything working. Besides what exactly are the switched and unswitched plugs actual purpose. 'ac outlets, same as line voltage'? |
Silver Member Username: James_the_god
Lancaster,
Lancashire
England
Post Number: 815
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 01:36 pm: |
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O, is it worth replacing the mains out-pre-out jumpers with something else? Or would there be minimal performance benefits? |
Platinum Member Username: Artk
Albany,
Oregon
USA
Post Number: 10683
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 03:11 pm: |
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I used to have that amp in the 70's (traded in my 2220B receiver) with my Altec speakers and Garrard turntable. Brings back some memories.
My brother had a Harman Kardon receiver with KEF speakers and a Toshiba turtable. |
Gold Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 3024
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 07:04 pm: |
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Nice amp JJ. I replaced the jumpers on my McIntosh integrated. I haven't really noticed a difference, but surprisingly, the stock jumpers on the Mac were rather cheap. |
