whats better integrated amp. for silverline sr-17

blindjim,

i'm happy w/ my system right now (w/c is my 1st stereo set-up),,,but i'm not satisfied,,, i want to explore the so called "3-D",,, i played mostly female vocals,,, more on the midrange than a slam,,,i wonder if theres more potential that my sr-17 can still do,,,or it reach its peak performance already....by the way i'm using synergestic bi-wire sig.10x,,kimber ks-1020 ic, kimber pk-10 gold a/c on all

mfkeleher,

thanks for some inputs,,,but i rather go for tubes

steuspeed,

i contacted partsconexion,,,they have sfd-1 upgrade,,,i might consider,,,anyway i don't have hdcd

the only two way SA speakers I've heard are these SR15 I got recently here on A'gone. They'll wind up as rears in my new HT/listening room.

Currently I'm playing them off a Odyssey Stratos SE amp (ss). that is a nice combo. The man I got them from was using a Musical Fidelity int, if I'm not mistaken. The preamp I use for it all now, is my Bel Canto DAC 3. Some 'spensive cables, Nirvana SX Ltd. RCA ics, Taipan helix Alpha pc on it, a Voodoo Tesla pc on the amp, and a pair of Synergistic Alpha Quadd x2 non active single ended speaker cables.

the sound overall is impressive enough for me... I've not tried my tube monos or tube preamp on them.

Personally, a nice tube int should do fine with the 17's I think. but Ss sure ain't bad on them either. Imaging is way good, bass is attention getting & suprising. good stands will also help out with bass. Mine sure did. And some real cheap iso nodes/pods from Bright Star added a great deal of focus too.

I'd look at Prima Luna if money was an issue. BAT too makes an int well worth checkihng out. 'Pends on the budget I suppose though.

Perhaps a simple chage in cabling might add that extra dimensionality you seek... but them Sig 10's are pretty good speaker cables, straight up.

blindjim,

thanks

Speaking with Alan Y. the other day he made mention of the fact the Boleros were an exte4nsion of the SR17 series... perhaps looking at those systems with Boleros in them or reading the other Boleros reviews could help... I've also heard that the Depth sub from ML work well with Silverlines. (just a thought)