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    Manley 300Bs incoming

    Manley Labs Neo-Classic 300B SE/PP monoblocks and 300B preamp incoming YEW!

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    Congrats! Wow, 300B's all around. That will be a great combo. What speakers are you using?
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    Re: Manley 300Bs incoming

    Big congrats!! I love Manley gear.
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    Re: Manley 300Bs incoming

    Congrats ! I love my Manley gear !!
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    Re: Manley 300Bs incoming

    That will be a great combination! Congratulations.
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    Re: Manley 300Bs incoming

    Very nice.

    Let us know how it sounds. I've been looking at that combo for my O96s, but haven't heard them.
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    Re: Manley 300Bs incoming

    Congrats! Don't forget the pics!
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    Re: Manley 300Bs incoming

    Awesome!!! Congrats!! I'd love to hear that stuff!!!
    Just for the quality of customer service I want to own more manley gear!!
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    Ah good to see some more love for the Manley stuff. They'll be powering my Tune Audio Prime horn speakers which are 93dB efficient, so thinking single-ended mode will be where I end up leaving them.

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    It should be pure magic, some people don't agree with me but I'd trade my snappers for a good pair of set 300b's in a second if I knew they could drive my speakers.
    Best of luck and definitely we need pics and details!!!
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    Hey Cam, woohoo, will have to put some Manley goodness into my system when the dust settles.

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    Monoblocks due Monday, the preamp still in production and due late December. I'll post pics for sure.

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    Re: Manley 300Bs incoming

    That will be so awesome!
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    I didn't realise there were so many Manley owners around here - good to see!

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    So how are those mono blocks sounding?
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    Quote Originally Posted by the professor View Post
    So how are those mono blocks sounding?
    Lol I was just thinking the same thing!!
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    Re: Manley 300Bs incoming

    Huge Congrats !

    This should be an awesome combo.
    Manley is one of the most underrated brand in HiFi. And I cannot find any reason for it.
    I own the 300 B Neo Classic preamp and the Snappers.
    The 300B preamp puts to shame a McIntosh C1000 preamp.
    And the Snappers were better to me than my 2301's !
    So the Big Mcs left, and the Manley stayed....!
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    Re: Manley 300Bs incoming

    Quote Originally Posted by the professor View Post
    So how are those mono blocks sounding?
    +1
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    Re: Manley 300Bs incoming

    Nice

    I guess I need to find a dealer to go have a listen. They would work great with my O96s.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jerome W View Post
    Huge Congrats !

    This should be an awesome combo.
    Manley is one of the most underrated brand in HiFi. And I cannot find any reason for it.
    I own the 300 B Neo Classic preamp and the Snappers.
    The 300B preamp puts to shame a McIntosh C1000 preamp.
    And the Snappers were better to me than my 2301's !
    So the Big Mcs left, and the Manley stayed....!
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    Re: Manley 300Bs incoming

    Mark,
    just for your avatars I should visit AS more often.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerome W View Post
    Mark,
    just for your avatars I should visit AS more often.....
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    Bob,

    I like AS a lot but I dislike the mobile app a lot. I connect mostly with my ipad and iphone and I find the AS app not pleasant to use.
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    Jerome use Tapatalk instead of the AS app. It's much better.
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    Sorry guys, been too busy listening to them I'll post pics tomorrow, but they're sounding fantastic.

    They replace a 300B integrated, the sound with these is like the room is about 3x the size. Ie it's a big sound, without losing out to anything else. I'm loving the ability to switch from SE to PP, and dialling different values of negative feedback. I've also got some 16ohm speakers I sometimes use so having the ability to switch from 8 to 16ohm at the back is also fantastic. I change my stuff around a lot so the versatility of the Manleys is unmatched!

    I'm still using a solid state pre so hopefully the Manley pre arrives by Xmas. But I have about 100hrs on the amps now so starting to get serious. I've also ordered some SRA platforms to keep them on, which should further improve things.

    The amps have a very quiet background for a valve amp, I'm hoping the pre is the same.

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    Awesome congrats!!!! The only amps I would trade my manleys for I can't afford!!!
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    Very nice

    Thanks for the update
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    Congrats ! Love the Manley gears
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    Ahhh. .... may even try that sound too..... hmmm?

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    Thanks Doug.
    Will try that !
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    Cool Doug !!
    Using it right now. Seems much better than AS own app. Thanks a lot !


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arcade View Post
    Sorry guys, been too busy listening to them I'll post pics tomorrow, but they're sounding fantastic.

    They replace a 300B integrated, the sound with these is like the room is about 3x the size. Ie it's a big sound, without losing out to anything else. I'm loving the ability to switch from SE to PP, and dialling different values of negative feedback. I've also got some 16ohm speakers I sometimes use so having the ability to switch from 8 to 16ohm at the back is also fantastic. I change my stuff around a lot so the versatility of the Manleys is unmatched!

    I'm still using a solid state pre so hopefully the Manley pre arrives by Xmas. But I have about 100hrs on the amps now so starting to get serious. I've also ordered some SRA platforms to keep them on, which should further improve things.

    The amps have a very quiet background for a valve amp, I'm hoping the pre is the same.
    No worries.
    The 300B preamp is very very quiet.


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    Must be due for some pics???

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    Quote Originally Posted by sharkmouth View Post
    Must be due for some pics???
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