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Pro vs. Consumer Equipment

One of the best set-ups I ever heard was a Crown preamp feeding a McIntosh amp driving a custom built cabinet featuring JBL professional speakers. I've also read quite a bit about professional cables being a lot less expensive and just as good as consumer cables. Earlier today, D911 posted a thread on the professional ART SL-1 power amp.

Across the board, these professional solutions seem to be very high quality at a much lower price point than the consumer equipment. So what's your experience? How many of you are running professional equipment in your set-ups? What are some great recommendations? Does this work better with some kinds of music than with others? Thanks in advance.
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ozfly OP
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It's interesting that the ART amps have such strong advocates--there must be an exception to every rule.

The JBL pro speakers I referenced included a 15-18" woofer (I can't recall the exact size) and two horns (midrange and tweeter). The McIntosh was a tube amp as was the Crown preamp (at the time, Crown produced consumer components).

Marakanetz, thanks for sharing your views on cables. I wonder whether others have had good luck with pro cables.
ozfly OP
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As usual, a very well thought out analysis Sean. You might be interested in looking at this thread:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1053585689&read&h12&zzlD911&&#rest

A word of warning -- the guy who started it does the mods for the unit. Though he did not fully disclose up front, he seems to mean well and be a true believer.
ozfly OP
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Hi David. It's still there under "What's the best amp you know of?" I recopied the thread address:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1053585689&read&h12&zzlD911&&#rest
ozfly OP
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David, I'm at a loss to explain it -- I can get to the thread, but perhaps because I responded to it. I copied the thread address I gave you to the Address line in the internet bar and got there right away. I then searched under the name of the thread -- What's the best amp you know of -- and got there. Since you already tried the address, can you get there via the search routine?
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