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Blue Circle CS vs. Unison Unico

I am awaiting the arival of my GMA Europas but I am still torn betwen amps in my purchasing. The Blue Circle gear and in my price range the CS come highly recomended from Roy of GMA. I am nervous about it just because I cant find any reviews of this unit. although with pretty good inards and point to point hand wireing i dont doubt its competance. Asside from the fact that I am unable to audition these products I dont know how conservative the ratings of blue circle gear is. That is very important...I need a very capable 50wpc from it to drive speakers in the 25x35x3 room. On the other hand there is the unison unico which has a tube output and weighs in at 35lbs, more than two times the Blue Circle CS. I have heard that the Unico does not rate the power conservativly, I am less woried about the 80wpc. It has great reviews and seemed a great product. At any rate if anyone has any Ideas, thoughts, or comments on either of these amps, their synergy with the Europas or just which one to get, let me know.

Thanks
Eric Baer
iamcrazy111
budrew
467 posts
 
There are several reviews available for the CS. Check out the BC web site for some links. It's a great integrated.
suits_me
121 posts
 
That's not a very high ceiling! "Being Very Small John Malkovich". That nevertheless appears to be a big room. How loud do you listen and how damped is the environment? If you really need the power after answering those questions, and you don't have the best source in the world to start with, then I'd look at the NAD 372...assuming you can't up your budget. Or what would you think of a used Plinius or something along those lines?
loose
239 posts
 
here's the scoop. I was considering the CS at some point. It's a very good sounding integrated and, for the price, I would recommend it highly.

The Unico, however, is without a doubt a level or two up in performance. It's much more 'liquid' or 'fluid' sounding and just seems to have better levels of depth and width.

Remember - this is not meant to discredit the CS - it IS very good and if you can't squeeze the $$$ for the Unico, go for it!
loose
239 posts
 
by the way...this apparent 'lack of power' of the unico is complete nonsense... (just wanted to add that bit)
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