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Bass and Guarneri Homage

Hi,
I've been driving my Guarneri's with 45 watts of 845 tube and I love the mid and high. But, I just plugged in an EAR 534 and discovered that the Guarneris are capable of more bass energy than I imagined. However, the EAR534 as to be expected does not have the transparency and soundstage of an 845 tube. Does anybody have a suggestion of a tube amp that combines the best of both worlds so to speak, and what would you think about an Atmasphere M60 or the Thor 60 watt monoblocs? Thanks for your thoughts, Jeff
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daveyf
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Jeff, I am certain in a very small room you don't want a sub with the G's. The G's are so transparent thaI feel you would have a very hard time matching up a good sub to them without loosing some of the purity and transparency of the G's.
Again I guess it depends on room size. The G's remind me of the Quads in this respect, a very difficult speaker to match up to a sub. However, I am not a big bass freak and would much rather have a lightning fast transparent speaker like the G than a large slower speaker with BIG bass. ( The Maxx 2's kind of come to mind.) Just IMHO.
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daveyf
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Jeff, I personally run my G's with the Rowland model 8 which is ss. In my very small room, the G's have enough bass. Would like to try tubes as I am fairly sure that the G's are tube friendly. One amp that I thought would work really well would be the CAT. It has plenty of power and is very sweet. What 845 based amp are you using?
BTW, I think the G's are some of the best speakers I have ever heard and have a level of transparency that is amazing. I recently replaced my Hales with them and prior to the G's had auditioned Kharma's, Wilson's etc in my room. The G's were a step up!
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