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Got my very first system. What's my next move?

Hey everyone,

First of all, I'd like to thank all of you who stopped me from selling my father's 10 year-old McIntosh components. I've talked to some other audiophiles and dealers as well, and it looks like I'll be keeping these babies for a long time.

My first system (mostly given by my father), consists of:

McIntosh MC7300 power amp
McIntosh C40 preamp
McIntosh MCD7008 CD player
McIntosh MR7083 Tuner
Totem Hawk floorstanding speakers
Siltech MXT London interconnects
MIT AVt3 bi-wire speaker cables

Also please keep in mind that my current room is pretty small (10' x 14').

My question was, what is my next move from here? I currently have about $1500 saved up for A/V spending, and if I wait until september, it'll be up to $2500. Many have suggested that I purchase a subwoofer (REL Strata 3 or 5) and some have suggested I invest the money in a good power conditioner (Shunyata something...). I'd like to hear some recommendations from the real audiophile group (the A'goners). Please help :)

Oh, I use the system mostly for music by the way. I'd say about 70/30 music/movies.

Thanks in advance,

Seong
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bigjoe
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power conditioners are an absoloute waste of cash for mcintosh gear as are ultra hi end cables & power cords.

i dont know what it is about mac gear but it just plain dont need any help sounding great.

ive tried big$$$ cables & power cords with no benifit whatsoever & went back to the stock power cords & radio shack gold interconnects.

if your heart is set on spending some cash buy yourself a nice audio rack, do a search on audiogon under VTI, imo they have very nice & affordable racks that match mac's looks to a tee.

enjoy your system.

mike.
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bigjoe
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sean,your right on track about metal racks resonating, my last rack was a diy made from oak & my new rack is metal & mdf.

my diy rack seemed to absorb or deflect better, i couldnt get my cdp to skip no matter how loud i jammed but the new metal rack threw the cdp all outta whack.

i ended up filling my new metal rack's leg's with spray foam insulation & this has seemed to dampen the vibration's comming up thru the legs & i had to add isolation devices under the cdp.

so far it seems i have corrected the problem but only time will tell the whole story.

mike.
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