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In Reply to: RE: Most CLEAR, CRISP sound, POWER amp, MONOblock posted by narciso_capulong on April 04, 2014 at 18:01:01
First welcome...lots of good people around here.
When I have set things up for NON-audiophiles, that is my first question....
What is the systems main purpose?? Music listening only?? Movies only?
Multi-purpose, (I live in a small condo, so my system pulls all the duties...)
Part of the fun of this hobby, for me anyway, is to do what ABE described, finding synergy between components, cables, speakers, room...pulling it all together...to induce an emotional/physical response to the music...(when I said physical, when things are right, I will get goose bumps)...
Great sound is there to draw me MORE into the listening experience...I love good sound....(I just had this conversation with my younger brother, he is an extremely talented musician), but that was our consensus...
As you can see, by all of your responses, this is a VERY subjective hobby...many passionate inmates...lots of brand preferences...but like my old man use to say..."that is why they make Ford's and Chevy's"...
What do you own now??? What do you like about it??? Where do you feel it is lacking???
Many more questions than answers...
good luck
thanks
Mark
Follow Ups:
my budget is 7,000 only. i have a marantz 2265 and sansui receiver for music listening only.. is the parasound 21 good? in your opinion what is the best brand and model of amps and speakers that you have heard? marantz, mcintosh, prima luna, parasound, bel canto, krell, bryston ?? etc....
Of all yur choices I'd stay clear of Parsound, nothing special especially with their new stuff.
$7000 is a very respectable budget...
You can click on my name and it will list all my components...
As I stated this is all soooo subjective...everything I am listing is well with-in your budget...
First find a speaker you really like...KEF LS50's??? or whatever YOU like...
Do your homework then...find which amp has good synergy with YOUR speakers
Second, I like Magnepan speakers...soundstage, imaging, transparency and detail...
I personally like tubes some where in the chain, so my Pre-amp is Conrad Johnson, depth, warmth...my DAC has tubes also...
I do own a Bel Canto Amp, (currently not using), that replaced a older Parasound...I have not heard any of the newer stuff from them...
My current amp is a Sanders Magtech, which is designed to drive Maggies, and truly a beast of amp that displays effortless sound...900 watts into 4 ohms
If I would not have bought the Sanders, I would have bought the Gilmore Raptor mono blocks...one of the inmates, whose opinion I trust, owned these for quite a few years...it took a very expensive tube amp to replace it...for the Pair of Monos is $2500...great value... 500 watts into 4 ohms...
Since you are using a receiver, (and a legendary one to boot), I might look at a good integrated amp...lots of happy Wyred for Sound (they have a 30 day trail period), users out there...they make two different integrated amps...as well as bel canto...which I am putting in my cousins house with a pair of Super MMG's...
AS far as the best I have heard....well that is easy...
Avantguard, (sp?), Trio speakers $70K
Wavelength 2A3 amps, these are 4 watt amps, $20k
Clearaudio Master reference LP rig $50K+
Conrad Johnson ART preamp $20K
The musicians were in the room with you...spooky good...
Enjoy the journey...good luck...let us know if we can help in anyway...
thanks
Mark
Drop me an email if want to talk offline...
You can learn a lot from others choices. Most folks here will answer questions about their systems happily.
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