Sunfire Theater Grand ll

For what its worth, I got the Sunfire TGP2 and I LOVE IT! It has great 2ch sound, very clean and warm with beautiful depth. I am using am MSB Link DAC3 w/ upsample chip from my Marantz 6000OSE CD transport which was definatly better than running the CD from its digital out to the Sunfire digital in. The digital setup was a little harsh without as much detail (but still nice). I attribute this mostly to the jitter reduction process in the MSB DAC. But, I must say this preamp is very well designed (work of art!) and the overall performance is everything I hoped it would be! Bob Carver did a great job! p.s- I forgot to mention that this thing does an incredible job with movies!

I liked with the TG II for nearly a month and used it mostly for 2 channel. I was pleasantly surprised with the phono section. I use an Oracle Premier IV special edition table with an SME 3009 arm and Ortofon 5000 MC cartridge with a transformer step up. (I took care to break in the main areas of the preamp with 24hr x 7days of classical FM.) The noise level on the phono section seem very good, and it reproduced a detailed representation that rivals many tube preamps I am familure with. I couldn't tell any difference between the Sunfire's dacs and those in my Denon 5000 dvd player. Ultimately, for me, I think the Meridian trifield and digital processing system may be superior for not much more money. Still, I could live with the Sunfire. The remote is a dream to use and integrates easily and well with video and cd/dvd equipment. My family loved its looks. You have to agree it looks superior to Meridian stuff.

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