Amp and pre for Aerial 10ts


I had AR 100MK11 and cat ulta. went to HT Sim Titan EAD Sig 8 . Sound good but does not have the livelyness and punch that I uses to have. Looking for something that will give me that punch thanks.
htsteve

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Steve, I believe I mentioned this before. I would recommend you purchase a used McCormack DNA-2 for about $1800 and send it to McCormack at smcaudio.com for a Rev A or Rev A Gold upgrade for $2500.

Phenominal speed and bass and much more. With this 10T, Rev A combo, I'd highly recommend you then demo a pair of Audience Au24 speaker cables.

-IMO
Mjdraper, I used to own a Moon W-5 with my 10T's. The W-5 is an excellent amp in it's own right and in some ways was a real eye opening demonstrating the vast differences in amplifiers in general.

However, it seemed to me that the W-5 simply could not muster enough power and control for the bass and mid-bass regions of the 10T. But I could not put my finger on it. I assumed that the 10T's just demanded more juice.

Aside from the bass, it was far superior sonically to my previous amp, a BAT VK-500. But the VK-500's bass was substantially more powerful and controlling than the W-5.

I sold the W-5 and moved on. The next two amps confirmed my speculation regarding the W-5 not having enough power and control for the 10T's bass regions.

Then about 6 months ago, I stumbled across a review on the W-5 and P-5 products on SimAdudio's web-site. The reviewer was Peter Moncrief of IAR and as he praised the W-5 and P-5 for their overall excellent sonic attributes, he described in detail the weakness and lack of controlling power with the bass regions of the W-5.

He speculated on what the possible causes were. But more importantly, he confirmed that even though the W-5 has many positive attributes, outstanding bass region reproduction is simply not among them.

-IMO