System very solid, will reproduce just about anything fairly well at lower and higher volumes. Decent extension above and below, decent tonality and good detail.
BUT, I could use a little less high end briteness/harshness(especially at louder volumes), sweeter mids and always a tighter bottom end.
I wish the systmem was a little more engaging, like I was there. Not much presence. Sound stage is very flat. Yes I have played extensively with speaker placement and I'm sure the large table with audio gear and 27"box TV between but behind speaks is not helping. I'm working on eliminating this mass between speaks by putting TV on cart and moving to a smaller table for audio gear or putting it in the wall.
So I've been thinking about a new to me amp and pre. Maybe a Mccormack DNA 1 or 125. I can pretty much use up the adcom (rated @ 200 wpc rms I believe) so me thinks I need a fair amount of power. Not sure about pre, maybe tube. I assume an integrated is not the way to go? (By the way my room is 12'x 20' x 8' tall with speaks along short wall)
Anyways, sorry I did not finish last night. Be gentle, I'm learning or at least trying to!
Thanks
BUT, I could use a little less high end briteness/harshness(especially at louder volumes), sweeter mids and always a tighter bottom end.
I wish the systmem was a little more engaging, like I was there. Not much presence. Sound stage is very flat. Yes I have played extensively with speaker placement and I'm sure the large table with audio gear and 27"box TV between but behind speaks is not helping. I'm working on eliminating this mass between speaks by putting TV on cart and moving to a smaller table for audio gear or putting it in the wall.
So I've been thinking about a new to me amp and pre. Maybe a Mccormack DNA 1 or 125. I can pretty much use up the adcom (rated @ 200 wpc rms I believe) so me thinks I need a fair amount of power. Not sure about pre, maybe tube. I assume an integrated is not the way to go? (By the way my room is 12'x 20' x 8' tall with speaks along short wall)
Anyways, sorry I did not finish last night. Be gentle, I'm learning or at least trying to!
Thanks