soundcraftsmen 900x2 lack of clarity?

That's a pretty old amp there, and I don't remember it being very highly praised even in it's day. Why not try something different?

Yeah, please don't take offense, but back when I was selling hi-end gear, we used to call Soundcraftsman "SoundsCrapMan".

There are many well-regarded MOSFET amps available, start Googling and I think you'll find many candidates from which to choose.

I used to own a Butler TDB-5150 hybrid tube/MOSFET design that I really enjoyed. This was a 5-channel amp, but they also make a two-channel amp that is very well-regarded, the TDB-2250:

http://www.butleraudio.com/tdb2250.php

Good luck!

-RW-

Wow, I just did a search here on A'gon for Butler and there is a TDB-2250 selling for $1,300. That is a *smokin'* deal on a very good amp. If you can afford it, I recommend you jump on that one!!

PS: MSRP is $2,995...

no offense taken. years ago i ran ads 910s with a 5000 series soundcraftsmen and in my room that set up sounded better than anything you could find at any price less than ludicrous in any audio store in newport beach. the caveat here is that imaging is not very important to me as i seldom sit and just listen. so having played with different amps through the years i have ended up using either crown dc 300s or soundcraftsmen 5000 series amps depending on wether i want to brighten or smooth the sound. i prefer to use no preamp (both amps have front gain controls). call me a minimalist, source-amp-speakers. fwiw, julian hirsch rated the smaller mosfet sound craftsmen highly. so my questions are; should the big sc mosfet amp be this inaccurate? and if not, what would one do to fix it?

thanks

As old as it is, there may be a number of things needed to fix it. The question is, is it worth fixing?