Classe vs McIntosh

I just bought the mC501's for my Thiel 3.6's, had a classe ca200 for several years. The classe is a nice amp...but the big macs really show what that speaker is capable of doing. Neither classe or thiel is noted for a full bodied midrange, the macs flesh out the thiels and smooth out the highs. Just took the 3.6's to a whole new level for me. The additional power also filled in the soundstage in a way the classe couldn't do.

Hi Gnobber,

I actually picked up detail, but it seems to be more a function of the whole rather than noticably sticking out if that makes sense, I guess more natural and musical. I've only had these amps about a week and still getting to know them, they are astonishingly better than my classe. The background silence is dramatically improved, images emerge from a total black soundstage.