Stereo Phil is just an old-school analoguist, ie it all turned to sh*t with the advent of the silver beer mat.

I've literally just acquired an Aethos 2nd hand on eBay.... But here I am lusting after these! 😂 What source/pre/speakers are you using? I've got a Saturn R and Spendor A6.

@@neil_down_south Congrats! Did you receive it yet? The Aethos is a very special amp and while the 2510 is a cracker, I rate it in a different class for sure. I run it with Dynaudio Contour 20 or B&W Nautilus 805, Rega DAC or Denafrips Pontus, solid core copper speaker cables (always 😃). Works well across it all.

@@neil_down_southDynaudio Contour 20 or B&W N805, Rega DAC or Denafrips Pontus II. The Aethos is a wonderful amp and IMO in quite a different league than at least the 2510.

Hi there, how would you describe the difference in the Elex r and the 2510? Ive demoed a 2510 at home but with some old mordaunt short speakers. Also demoed the elicit with the same speakers. Found the 2510 really warm but lacking soundstage of the elicit, wondered if this could be made up for in speaker choice? Just wondered your thoughts on the comparison!

@@monkeymayor For me, the difference between the 2510 and the Elex-r is tonality. I loved the Elex when I bought it. So energetic and lively. It brought new life to old music. Talking Heads, Crosseyed and Painless sounds absolutely incredible! But after a year and a half, I found it a little fatiguing for long listening periods. I should note, that I listen primarily to digital sources. If you are a vinyl guy, then I’m guessing you’d be very content. As for the 2510, it just sounds so pleasantly true and lifelike, and there aren’t many situations, if any, where I find it too be too much or lacking in musicality. I think it has a balanced sound with layering, depth and excellent separation without any clutter. I haven’t heard the Elicit, but if I were to guess about the wider soundstage, it could be because it is a tier up from the 2510/Elex-r, thus more refined. Or that liveliness in the upper-mids interacts more with the room to give a wider soundstage. Both amplifiers were paired with Linton 85ths and sound really nice no matter which amp I used. I hope this highly subjective attempt of an answer helps.

@@roynusser5246 thanks for this, its really helpful, and a lot of it resonates with some of my thoughts. At a cross roads with it. I can see how it could be fatiguing, its almost like, yes, this sounds great, and id love to hear a lot of my music on it, but as you say for long listening periods, for me as well might be better. Also saying "there arent many situations where you find it too much or lacking" i think i had this with the rega, sometimes it just didnt sound great, and i dont want to be in a position where im holding my breath a bit before putting on a new record! The hi fi shop is loaning it to me again with some Neat Petites, to see if it gives me that warmth, but a bit of me feels, the exposure does that already from just the amp. Re the soundstage you could be right, im also wondering if the speakers could offer that, as it sounded the size of the box of the mordaunt shorts, and maybe some better more equiped speakers can do it. Anyway, thanks for your response, it was really helpful and good to hear im not going mad, as every one raves about the rega, and there seems little written (in comparison) about the Exposures,

Seems cheap to me 😅

Indeed, a little to expensive for what you get...rather small transformer, capacitors are ok I must say 4x 10000Uf, standard parts...but really nothing special 🤷 like the look and small form factor 👍🏻