open sound, tight grip , bass is punchy

not any so far

Ive had this for a yr and got this to replace the built in pre-amp in the nad 319 ( i now use it as a power amp only ).
foudn this sound a little compressed.

The sound is brilliant from the Linn.
It lets through all the details of the source.

I found that the integrated map was giving flabby bass and couldnt handle complex bass lines that well - otherwise the nad was ok.
Thinking of replacing the power-amp with a Rotel 1095.

takes 10 inputs to future proof in that respect.Also has facilites that help with home-cinema . I plug my main channel pre-out into the Linn Kolektor and thus I can use the same front speakers for hi-fi as well as home -cinema.
Its lets the signal go through untouched by the pre-amp ie it wont preamp the signal like it would for any other source connected. The manual describes how to do this very clearly.

handy remote which actually replaced my CD remote ( marantz mk sig)

Overall id say this makes a fine buy and improvement to my system.

system is :-
Kef ref one speakers.
QED Silver genesis spkr cable.
van del hul III interconnect
Linn Kolektor pre-amp
NAD 319 (used as poweramp - supposed to behave like a NAD216 THX poweramp when used in this way )
Transparent Audio interconnect ( this is good as it makes the sound more upfront than other cables I tried )
Music fidelity X-Dac
marantz mk III cd player ( used as a transport )

addign a rotel 1095 soon as the power-amp.
will send one more review of how the kit sounds after this.
will also try Qed Silver Spiral interconnect cable for this power amp.