MAD-TA10BT - MADISON - STEREO TUBE AMPLIFIER 2 X 25W RMS, silber/braun/scwarz

was looking for a new cd player, after my last one (of 20yrs) finally gave up on me. didn't have a lot of money and i'm mainly a vinyl listener now - but also have all my cd's on a harddrive so random play these through a streamer. however recently i wanted to just stick a cd on and listen. i looked at a lot of options and whilst not trusting a lot of the ~£100 cd players on amazon was erring to a denon/marantz/cambridge audio. but at this stage didn't have the money to justify getting these. i kept going back to the Madison - with the only downside (against others)was it didn't have a digital output (to connect to a seperate DAC). in the end i decided to go for it - it looks lush and my amp doesn't have digital inputs anyway - and didn't want to spend more getting a DAC too. arrived next day. unpacked and connected to my hifi - and I never expected this to be so good out of the box. the soundstage was great - and there's fantastic seperation. it's also quite a warm presentation - which i like. it's very neutral, so doesn't add anything of take anything away - so a really good recorded CD will sound awesome. a poor recorded CD does show their bad side. however - like vinyl - i prefer this - as i'm not being presented with somethihg false. i eventually hooked it up to a pair of interconnects and (as the power cable is built in) i added an IEC adapter so i could use and upgraded power cable (both of which cost more that the CD player itself.) this lifted its performance even greater. so pleased i went for this. i'm now enjoying listening to CD's again. will be interesting to see how it lasts over time, but for now i'm 100% happy

It's a perfectly good cd player. I think it's good value for money. It comes with a two pin plug (it's Belgian). No big deal. The radio seems a bit irrelevant these days.

Unfortunately I had to send this lovely sounding little amp back . It had a fault on the phono DVD input and I needed to use the input . The blue tooth sounded great when I used Amazon music and U tube . Took a while for the tubes to burn in but once they had the sound was very nice it shined over my old Yamaha amp that is no I2 years old . Bass was nice and well rounded mids and vocal were clean and not muddled and the top end bells sounded crisp and clear. For an amp in this price range I was pleasantly surprised at its sound quality and as a bonus it's a great looking valve amp . And even though it's only 25w a channel I never got the volume much past 50% and I was playing some loud rock music and some deep house for my daughter . Produced some amazing bass . I liked this amp very much . But take into account I was using it to drive some very nice 91db floor standing speakers and a Marantz Ki signature CD player which will make a nice amp sound even better but on the other hand will make a bad sounding amp sound really horrible . I hope my review has been of help I know how difficult it can be to decide which amp to buy without hearing it for yourself .

I bought this because I wanted to hear what a valve amplifier sounded like but didn't want to spend the kind of money they normally are, typically ranging into the thousands of pounds. I had read a lot of negative comments about cheap Chinese made valve amplifiers and didn't expect a lot but wanted to judge for myself. Long story short, it is very good for the money and will compete with many solid state amplifiers costing several times its price. I did listening comparisons with Cambridge Audio and NAD systems costing five to six hundred pounds fed by a Pro-Ject RPM 4 turntable and Goldring 1020GX and IMHO it certainly sounded as good and also gave that warm inviting sound that seemed to pull you into the music, particularly acoustic recordings with close miked vocals. Please be aware though that this is not a true valve amplifier. Valves are only used in the input section, the output is solid state. As long as that is understood an objective opinion can be formed and the amplifier judged on its own merit. Also the quality control of these products can be a bit hit and miss but I have no complaints about the model I received it is well build and well finished. The problem is now that I've heard what valves can do to music I'll probably look to buy a full valve amp from China and hope I'm as lucky with that!

Build quality very poor, be careful. Maybe I'm just unlucky but had 2 and both lousy. First arrived with scratches all over the top and a permanent loud hum from the right channel (changed speaker and cable to be sure). Replacement arrived with the faux 'transister' box on the top screwed on at about a 4 degree angle to the unit as seen in the pics with the ruler being parallel to the unit. Maybe I'm too fussy but it was so obvious to the eye. Also neither came with uk plug attached in breach of uk regs. The second at least had an adapter in the box but still a breach. Not sure if there is supposed to be a remote control but there wasn't in either so I assume not although I thought one of the other reviews mentioned one? Real shame because they look great and wanted to like them and lots of good reviews and whilst £150 is cheap for an amp, that's because they clearly are.

This is a good cd player I would rate it higher but for one thing it doesn't have continuous play so if you like CDs that are one continuous mix like a DJ set then it will stop for a second between tracks. The build quality seems good and I like the design. So would make it up but for the play back issues.

It maybe be "FAKE" valves like a lot of reviews have suggested on the internet BUT the valves do get hot and the sound quaility is absolutely superb ( and I am am really into my hi-fi ; to use a seldom used expression these days).

Perfect size, looks good and the sound is excellent. We didn't expect to be able to get just what we wanted for the price, so very pleased and would recommend.

Absolute Spitze. Klanglich "gesehen" für unter 100,-. Ich habe mir den Verstärker zum Testen für mein Tonstudio gekauft. Es handelt sich hierbei um einen Hybrid Verstärker. Die Röhren sind für die Vorstufe und funktionieren tatsächlich. Werden ordentlich warm, der Verstärker spielt auch erst wenn die Röhren warm sind und auch nur wenn sie eingebaut sind. Die Endstufe ist ein normaler Transistor Verstärker. Den Klang machen aber tatsächlich die Tubes. Ich bin echt Positiv überrascht. Vielleicht kaufe ich mir noch einen Zweiten. Achso bei Musikequipment zählt der Klang, nicht die Optik, obwohl ich diese gar nicht übel finde. Klar, Übertrager sind nicht verbaut. Der Schwarze Kasten ist nur für die Optik. Das sollte aber logisch sein, denn ein Übertager allein kostet schon 300 und mehr Euros.

Klang und Funktionalität passen und ich bin glücklich, jetzt meinen inzwischen über 30 Jahre alten Denon-Verstärker nicht nur mit CD, sondern auch mit Radio nutzen zu können, ohne noch eine Kiste im Regal (und in der Steckdosenleiste) zu haben. Auch vom Design und der freundlichen, orangen Anzeige bin ich jetzt sehr angenehm überrascht, obwohl das Format kleiner und tiefer ist als normale Komponenten. Schaut aber gar nicht schlecht aus. Ich hatte hier vorher eine andere CD/Radio-Kombination bestellt, die ich allerdings umgehend wieder zurückgeschickt habe, nachdem sich herausstellte, dass mittlerweile offenbar die Radiofunktion gestrichen worden ist, und ohne Radio taugte das Teil nicht wirklich. Dagegen ist der Madison richtig elegant, nutzerfreundlich und wie gesagt, der Klang - und auch der Radioempfang - sind für diesen Preisbereich voll in Ordnung.

Czasami Nie działa w moim wzmacniaczu prawy kanał. Albo gra cicho albo w ogóle. Czy jest możliwość naprawy tego wzmacniacza w Europie czy trzeba go wysyłać do producenta ?

Está fenomenal,suena perfecto,rápido en las acciones de parar reproducir etc,lee discos originales y grabados sin problema, me gusta.

Me ha sorprendido lo bien que suena para su precio/calidad. Esta claro que no hablamos de un valvular como tal si no de un hibrido. Aun así el sonido es nitido y semi cálido. Me ha sorprendido y gustado mucho. Y el aspecto visual del amplificador es exquisito, queda muy bonito expuesto en el salón. Sorprendentemente puede con unos altavoces de Torre. Consumo maximo del conjunto 27 Watios.