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Re: What matters most

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Hi there,

I just looked it up. Your Speakers. Maggies. No wonder.

Let me say it again like this:

"If YOU NEED more power than what is available from a 300B (this implying the use of Speakers of less than 92db/W/m Sensitivity having 8 Ohm or greater impedance in a modest size room) the 845 or 211 is a possible option."

Let me also note that my personal system clocks in at > 102db/W/m....

Now, with maggies I'd be strongly suspicious of any Amplifier having less than about 40 REAL Watts (and that is the Bel Canto) for reasonable listening.

As for the Amp's I heard, they where both stock, broken in, next to each other and running Cabasse Baltic/Stromboli (the eyes with their Subwoofers - I hope I got the names right). They where both well warmed up. The Poweramp was run with a Wadia's Control, the Integrated with it's silicon junk inside, the Wadias (I think 830) fully turned up.

The effect was most dramatic, the Integrated lost much of the soundstaging and detail abilities of the poweramp, turned agressive and in generall I had not thought much of the Poeramp, but the integrated was a lot worse.... Compared to a simple 300B Amp (like my own) on the same Speakers the Bel Canto lacked detail, immediacy and generally sounded veiled. There was more power available, but this was only noticable at very high volume levels.

Later T

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