Hello Guys...Well, I think I was bit in a hurry.
After trying out few things, I have started to realize how good is the combo of Symphonic Line + ATC....YES, they go very well together.
The reason I was worried initially was some lack of warmth which I thought was not the fault of ATCs...but then I also discovered that its not the fault of the amp either. It was altogether the cabling and positioning issue. I borrowed a couple of cables from my friends and played around with toe in/out up/down and to my amazement, everything fell in to place once I had these things in optimized. There was warmth, musicality, speed, definition, dynamics....you name it.
I would agree with GregM here....that the killer dynamics and speed a Symphonic Line delivers is almost too much to expect from a tube amp with real world prices. I was looking at amps costing about $6k. I anyway use a tube preamp with my S-L power amp but the tube preamp is very neutral and clean type and not the typical sweet and romantic type. Its not analytical at all but neither does it make up for and lack of warmth else where.
Anyway, I would still want to keep this discussion alive for future reference of all our fellow members. Lets talk about what other options one can have withing $10k range for amplification with ATCs.
I am sure ATCs will love pure class A power (thats where I may want to get to in future). It definitely shines with ultra smooth, high quality power like very few other speakers out there. So what options are open for ATC users. Lets take into account that one is also open to used gears under 6k (like me).
1. Pass Labs X250.5, X350.5
2. Accuphase
3. McIntosh
I thought Octave would fit the bill because a friend of mine had visited RMAF last year and heard the entry level Octave V40 int amp driving a Dynaudio Sapphire to pretty loud levels and that was just a display by Octave of their capabilites. I think you guys would know that Dynaudio has officially tied up with Octave to be sold as a combo from the same dealership network. Howz that !!!!
Please share your opinions on this further.
After trying out few things, I have started to realize how good is the combo of Symphonic Line + ATC....YES, they go very well together.
The reason I was worried initially was some lack of warmth which I thought was not the fault of ATCs...but then I also discovered that its not the fault of the amp either. It was altogether the cabling and positioning issue. I borrowed a couple of cables from my friends and played around with toe in/out up/down and to my amazement, everything fell in to place once I had these things in optimized. There was warmth, musicality, speed, definition, dynamics....you name it.
I would agree with GregM here....that the killer dynamics and speed a Symphonic Line delivers is almost too much to expect from a tube amp with real world prices. I was looking at amps costing about $6k. I anyway use a tube preamp with my S-L power amp but the tube preamp is very neutral and clean type and not the typical sweet and romantic type. Its not analytical at all but neither does it make up for and lack of warmth else where.
Anyway, I would still want to keep this discussion alive for future reference of all our fellow members. Lets talk about what other options one can have withing $10k range for amplification with ATCs.
I am sure ATCs will love pure class A power (thats where I may want to get to in future). It definitely shines with ultra smooth, high quality power like very few other speakers out there. So what options are open for ATC users. Lets take into account that one is also open to used gears under 6k (like me).
1. Pass Labs X250.5, X350.5
2. Accuphase
3. McIntosh
I thought Octave would fit the bill because a friend of mine had visited RMAF last year and heard the entry level Octave V40 int amp driving a Dynaudio Sapphire to pretty loud levels and that was just a display by Octave of their capabilites. I think you guys would know that Dynaudio has officially tied up with Octave to be sold as a combo from the same dealership network. Howz that !!!!
Please share your opinions on this further.