Newbie Question


I have a Pioneer Elite 56txi integrated amp 110 watts
driving ADS L1290 3 way tower speakers rated at 150 watts
and Omnisats for suround sound speakers
a boston acoustic center channel and a Velodyne Spl299 sub.
will an external amp like the ATi 2007 or the B & K 200.7
really make much of a difference in the sound,clarity,sound stage presence etc my system sounds prety good now.
also is it true ATI makes outlaw????
any advice would be appreciated
dfstarman

Showing 1 response by snofun3

If it sounds "pretty good right now" enjoy it while it lasts for you.
As far as bang-for-buck, bi-amping old ADS's is really overkill, and new speakers would be my first choice.
It sounds like 5.1 is what you're looking at, so first matching of timbres is important, and while I've been a fan of ADS for a long time, for the money you'll put out for the amps you mention, you can get one heck of a speaker upgrade - a whole set of PSB's (Bronze or Gold + C5 + Stratus mini rears would be very nice), Pinnacles, Paradigms, Totems or ??. For about $2k for a whole package, there are some rather nice choices, and you have a decent sub already.
Also, you mention Martin Logans - I have the complete set-up - SL3's, Cinema and Aerius i's and two Revel B15's, and the ML's they're at their best for music, theater is better with dynamic speakers.
But in any case, for around $3k you could get an 4 x Aerius + Cinema setup, which would be light years ahead of where you're at now, but the Pioneer would be sucking wind trying to power them.
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