You have the best kept secret in audio!
Some history, the 430 was discovered
by Robert Fulton of FMI back in the mid
70's he preferred it to his Levinson ML1
He would it believe or not to drive his
Premier 250lbs. speakers.
Would use his Bravura preamp., and tap into the amp. section of the 430
for those 30 watts.
Now naturally, the HK didn't have the
power to drive his speakers to full range especially when playing symphonic music but when playing small ensembles, vocals, jazz and chamber music it 's like the musicians
were in the room simply magical.
Even by today's standards the HK430
is a keeper.
Incidentally, Bob was the engineer that
pointed out to the audio industry
that speaker cable is a component,
when everyone was using zip cord wire.
Bob was an old school engineer new
what music is suppose to sound like.
Well I hope this helps,
Best regards and happy listening,
Xavier
Some history, the 430 was discovered
by Robert Fulton of FMI back in the mid
70's he preferred it to his Levinson ML1
He would it believe or not to drive his
Premier 250lbs. speakers.
Would use his Bravura preamp., and tap into the amp. section of the 430
for those 30 watts.
Now naturally, the HK didn't have the
power to drive his speakers to full range especially when playing symphonic music but when playing small ensembles, vocals, jazz and chamber music it 's like the musicians
were in the room simply magical.
Even by today's standards the HK430
is a keeper.
Incidentally, Bob was the engineer that
pointed out to the audio industry
that speaker cable is a component,
when everyone was using zip cord wire.
Bob was an old school engineer new
what music is suppose to sound like.
Well I hope this helps,
Best regards and happy listening,
Xavier