Aball,
I own the newest Spectral, and run them with Souns Faber Amati Homage. While the Spectral gear is very neutral, some of the older stuff, such as the DMC-12, are on the lean side. The Wilsons I have heard with other, "warmer" solid state gear, sounds exactly as you described.
IMO, I feel that with the Amati's or Avalon's, the Spectral/MIT gear is some of the finest solid state available. Fast, clean, dynamic, with weight body, and low-end slam.
I also concur with the MIT comments. I've always wondered why people don't think of the cables outside the system (if they've been designed to work with that type) just as they would witht he cables "inside" the component or speaker, matching inputs and binding posts to drivers or gain stages, etc.
If you like the sound of the Spectral/MIT stuff, who cares?
The only reason I'm selling mine is that I'm downgrading to a small tube integrated. I'll be sad to see the Spectral go.
Happy listening.
Tom
I own the newest Spectral, and run them with Souns Faber Amati Homage. While the Spectral gear is very neutral, some of the older stuff, such as the DMC-12, are on the lean side. The Wilsons I have heard with other, "warmer" solid state gear, sounds exactly as you described.
IMO, I feel that with the Amati's or Avalon's, the Spectral/MIT gear is some of the finest solid state available. Fast, clean, dynamic, with weight body, and low-end slam.
I also concur with the MIT comments. I've always wondered why people don't think of the cables outside the system (if they've been designed to work with that type) just as they would witht he cables "inside" the component or speaker, matching inputs and binding posts to drivers or gain stages, etc.
If you like the sound of the Spectral/MIT stuff, who cares?
The only reason I'm selling mine is that I'm downgrading to a small tube integrated. I'll be sad to see the Spectral go.
Happy listening.
Tom