I am going through the same thing as OP, but maybe on a shorter budget. I bought a set of Polk SDA-2s and was amazed at how much better they sound than anything else I have had in my house. And once you start looking, it is hard to turn that spigot off... I found a bargain on a set of Polk 10b, and than I looked closely at my pretty nice sounding basement speakers I saw they are Polk 7. Then I dusted off my Marantz 2015 and found it needs some love, so I am getting that cleaned up. So now I am trying to get a few systems to make each of my speakers sound great. One of the amps that gets mentioned as a good match for the Polk SDA-2s is the OP's Adcom- I'd be interested in that. I'm currently running off a Yamaha AV RX-679. It advertises 100W/channel but it sounds muddy. I'm still looking, and the spigot still seems to be on...
New Audiophile going crazy
Hello,
I've always been a music fan, play guitar and have dedicated HT, stadium seating and so on. Beginning in about November I started collecting some vintage equipment. A Kenwood receiver from the 70's, a nice Adcom amp
(GFA-555), Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 Signature. Apparently that was just the taste I needed because I went into high gear at that point. B&W 802's (series 80's), 805 Nautilus, HTM2 center and a thumping B&W sub. I constructed a 2-channel system for my home office made of McIntosh C28 pre, a 2105 amp, Rega P3 and Pioneer 707 R2R and full set of Dalquist DQ-10 (sub unit and crossover) all in mint condition. And of course, all the Audioquest cabling to connect it all. To go with all those Bowers & Wilkins I picked up a Mac MX135 and a MC7108 just this weekend. House is wired for two channel in every room already so the multi-zone seemed a good choice.
Now, I'm sitting here looking at projectors to re[place the one in the theater. I've become quite consumed with upgrading all my equipment.
That's since Thanksgiving. Is there any hope for me? I have to get this "Obsession" under control. Any advice?
:-)
I've always been a music fan, play guitar and have dedicated HT, stadium seating and so on. Beginning in about November I started collecting some vintage equipment. A Kenwood receiver from the 70's, a nice Adcom amp
(GFA-555), Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 Signature. Apparently that was just the taste I needed because I went into high gear at that point. B&W 802's (series 80's), 805 Nautilus, HTM2 center and a thumping B&W sub. I constructed a 2-channel system for my home office made of McIntosh C28 pre, a 2105 amp, Rega P3 and Pioneer 707 R2R and full set of Dalquist DQ-10 (sub unit and crossover) all in mint condition. And of course, all the Audioquest cabling to connect it all. To go with all those Bowers & Wilkins I picked up a Mac MX135 and a MC7108 just this weekend. House is wired for two channel in every room already so the multi-zone seemed a good choice.
Now, I'm sitting here looking at projectors to re[place the one in the theater. I've become quite consumed with upgrading all my equipment.
That's since Thanksgiving. Is there any hope for me? I have to get this "Obsession" under control. Any advice?
:-)
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