Manley Snapper mono blocks-Your opinions please

The Manley amps are a good choice IMO.

For me it came down to them and my present amps, Dodd 120 MK II with the cap upgrade.

I never heard either of these amps prior to making my decision. With the added power, cap upgrade, and better price (at that time) the Dodds were chosen. I do not regret it at all.

Speaking with a couple of Manley dealers, and the sales manager of Manley as well, I have no doubt the Snappers would be a fine choice. I feel if an amp can do well with busy musical tracks it will do well with those more fundamental ones too.

Naturally, another set of all or partly the tubes will allow a more dedicated effort to either large ensembles, or small combo's. rememgber that part. Simply swapping out one of my driver tubes with another changes the whole of the sound, making it better for vocalists and light jazz. another change allows for better acoustic music.

I seem to recall both the Manley and Dodds use 4 EL34 output tubes in each amp, though dissimilar driver tubes.

Good luck which ever way you go.

I've owned Manley gear and I don't miss it. I'm listening to a pair of Quicksilver monos and they do everything better. Both are hand built, both run El-34s. The Quickies are just better overall amps.

If you're not stuck on monos then check out a Music Reference RM200.

Thank you all for some of the feed-back. Bnrlaw, I start from scratch. Zero, nada equipments. I have sold all my 2 channel SS and HT gear and go back to tube gear. I had the Rogue 99 magnum and a pair of M120 back in the 80s. If my memory serves me well, it seems to me with the Rogue, I have to have listen to a higher level, I mean louder on the contrary to the Cary. I am tossed between the Cary SLI80 which is 40w triode/80 ultra-linear and the Manley Snapper 100w ultra-linear. Most importantly, I love the sound of horn speakers with tubes.

FWIW, I liked the sound of the AES Sixpacs better than the Manley Snappers in my system with a pair of Joseph Audio Rm25si Mk.II's. The Snappers were great for rock but merely pretty good for jazz, classical and female vocal.

the word snapper should be changed to "snappy". the house sound of recent manley designs is the modern tube sound--a bit to unforgiving for my taste.

hi nickword:

i am considering a pair of quicksilver midmonos. i heard some of the more powerful quicksilver amps and found them a bit aggressive in the treble region.

what is your take on the quicksilver amps you own ? i am somewhat reluctant to buy any current quicksilver product because i don't think the amps have the classic tube sound, like some of the older conrad johnson amps.