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Conrad Johnson MF2500A & Dyn's 1.3SE

Hi,

I have a Conrad Johnson MF2500A powering a Dynaudio 1.3SE with sonoran cables and a Audio Areo Prima Dac/Preamp, the problem that I’m facing is the presentation is too laid back for me now I loved the amp in the beginning but now its sort of getting un-involving, its like I’m 12-14 rows from the musicians, which is nice for jazz but rock music is not as much fun.

What can I do to improve this or this is the way the CJ’s sound always? , the CJ is about 3months old I recently heard a Gamut D200 with the 1.3SE setup and thought it was fantastic the presentation was right there but the warmth of the CJ’s wasn’t there but far more involving with rock music(The drums had more life in them, the vocals are more present rather than distant).

Is the only solution to change the Amp to enjoy rock music once again? Or I can tweak my system to make it sound better.

Thanks,
Satyam.
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dougdeacon
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More than retail?! What value has this wonderful dealer added to them that would justify charging more than the manufacturer thinks they're worth?

Glad to hear that relocating and stabilizing your speakers helped so much. Putting my B&W's on spikes and getting them away from the walls had a similar effect, better imaging and much tighter, faster sound.
dougdeacon
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Durbin,
Great point about the tweeters. Neither the metal tweeters nor the kevlar mids in my N803's would forgive a forward sounding amp. I'd have to repaint the walls of the listening room once a week!
dougdeacon
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Why are you assuming it's the amp? I've had one powering B&W N803's for about 15 months and other than warmup its performance has never changed AFAIK.

You might try a demag CD like the one made by Ayre. We run it every couple of months. It cleans our system up and brings the life back. For vinyl the Cardas sweep record has an even larger beneficial effect, depending on the cartridge. Some react more to it than others.
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