should be a great match, I have B&Wcm2s and they smoke with Mac tube hear and a MC252 ss amp, the Mac sound is very lush and full with good dynamics and detail, it wont jump out at you but the more you listen the better it gets,alot of stuff will sound overly bright after you live with their gear,the 6500 is a sound value...just my thoughts.
B&W 805N\Mac ma 6900 good match or mistake
I currently own a pair of B&W 805N and am driving them with a 50 WPC KT88 based vacuum tube amp. The highs and midrange are okay but the bass is lacking. I understand this is somewhat the nature of the beast for vacuum tubes.
This being said I am considering going to higher power solid state equipment. Limited selection of high quality equipment where I live has me looking at McIntosh Integrated Amps. Has anyone used or listened to any of the current production Mac gear with these speakers (805N)?
Is this a good marriage or is this folly? If a good match would you go with the Mac ma 6500 or the higher power ma 6900 (200 WPC).
Source would be Sony CDP X33EX
Many thanks.
sdz
This being said I am considering going to higher power solid state equipment. Limited selection of high quality equipment where I live has me looking at McIntosh Integrated Amps. Has anyone used or listened to any of the current production Mac gear with these speakers (805N)?
Is this a good marriage or is this folly? If a good match would you go with the Mac ma 6500 or the higher power ma 6900 (200 WPC).
Source would be Sony CDP X33EX
Many thanks.
sdz
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