This is new to me. Never heard of CDP to match one's speakers. Any plannar, electrostatic, ribbons will require some real juice to get their optimum SQ as most others have said. If you like the Adcom sound, step up to 200WPC. I would look at the Bryston sst line and a SS pre or tube pre . Frankly, the Adcom is kind of "RAW" sounding to me the Bryston sst line is more refined and better build. Not to mean bashing the Adcom since they made one of the hell good 200W amp back in the 80s ( do not remmeber the model). Please do not latterly side step to another B &K, Rotel, Parasound since you will want to upgrade later.
difficulty finding CD player match for Magneplanar
I have a California Audio Labs Mk II CD player (CAL) that has one channel going out. I might be able to get it repaired (if I'm lucky), but I wanted to listen to the latest CD players to see if I could find a replacement.
I home-trialed an Arcam FMJ-something at around $1000 U.S. Too bright, not enough bass, not enough "power" to drive rock and jazz/fusion.
I home-trialed the much-vaunted Rega Saturn. Not enough "power" or bass for rock/jazz fusion, upper midrange and highs OK, but lower midrange sounds like being in nosebleed section of concert hall (very distant and hard to understand).
I've got Magneplanar MG-IIIa speakers, original Adcom preamp and 60w/ch. amp.
It seems to quite troublesome to find a CD player for the Maggie's in my listening room that isn't too bright or too distant and has enough power/drive/authority and solid bass to really drive electronic music.
Neither player was really involving. They seemed to present information off the disk, but just didn't grab my interest. Pretty boring. Good detail, good this, interesting that, but in the end, not enjoyable.
Others have raved about Arcam players and about the Rega Saturn, but they haven't worked for me in my system.
Anyone had similar experiences with the Maggies and found any players that worked better with the Maggies?
I home-trialed an Arcam FMJ-something at around $1000 U.S. Too bright, not enough bass, not enough "power" to drive rock and jazz/fusion.
I home-trialed the much-vaunted Rega Saturn. Not enough "power" or bass for rock/jazz fusion, upper midrange and highs OK, but lower midrange sounds like being in nosebleed section of concert hall (very distant and hard to understand).
I've got Magneplanar MG-IIIa speakers, original Adcom preamp and 60w/ch. amp.
It seems to quite troublesome to find a CD player for the Maggie's in my listening room that isn't too bright or too distant and has enough power/drive/authority and solid bass to really drive electronic music.
Neither player was really involving. They seemed to present information off the disk, but just didn't grab my interest. Pretty boring. Good detail, good this, interesting that, but in the end, not enjoyable.
Others have raved about Arcam players and about the Rega Saturn, but they haven't worked for me in my system.
Anyone had similar experiences with the Maggies and found any players that worked better with the Maggies?