Vienna Acoustic Hadyn Grand amp recommendation

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  • leadfoot1
    leadfoot1 Posts: 155
    edited March 2011
    Room placement may be it. I have them on either side of the TV and that is the only place I can put them due to WAF. Don't get me wrong they sound good, just not like I thought they would. Hard to explain.
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  • leadfoot1
    leadfoot1 Posts: 155
    edited March 2011
    On the bright side. Moving the Rotel to my B&W 704's made we realize I like the Rotel better sound wise than the Krell. :biggrin:
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited March 2011
    An Integrated may have the Tuner that you want,also you save a little cash
    on not having to buy another set of i.c.

    No, that would be a receiver. An integrated will save you the trouble of choosing a matching preamp. You'll still need a tuner and other source components. You might, and I mean might, save a set of IC's.

    This one looks nice
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited March 2011
    shack wrote: »
    I don't believe a pre-amp will make a difference. The Rotel or the Krell should be more than adequate to drive these speakers (which I am very familiar with). Room location and placement is critical. They are also a very mellow/smooth/laid back speaker for the most part and driving them to higher limits may change that. Maybe it is their overall sonic characteristic that you don't like. I have discovered that Vienna Acoustics is is either a sound you like or you don't. Very much like B&W or Klipsch...some love them...some don't.

    I agree with Shack.

    If your overall listening habits are more low to mid-volume, and given your placement and how the VAs have been described sonically - you may have to reconsider your speaker choice.

    It's not like a marriage.....if these aren't the speakers for you....move on.:tongue:

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • leadfoot1
    leadfoot1 Posts: 155
    edited March 2011
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    I agree with Shack.

    If your overall listening habits are more low to mid-volume, and given your placement and how the VAs have been described sonically - you may have to reconsider your speaker choice.

    It's not like a marriage.....if these aren't the speakers for you....move on.:tongue:

    Yeah, I have a new respect for the LSi7's now. With that said I am keeping the Viennas and will deal with them. My better half doesn't care about any of this. She just wants music while she gets ready for work and whatnot. When I listen to the bedroom system I am usually alone so I will just crank it if I want.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,378
    edited March 2011
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    I agree with Shack.

    If your overall listening habits are more low to mid-volume, and given your placement and how the VAs have been described sonically - you may have to reconsider your speaker choice.

    It's not like a marriage.....if these aren't the speakers for you....move on.:tongue:

    That is exactly what I did. I had high hopes for the VA's as my wife wants me to get rid of the RTA's so we can get more book cases. I was having difficulties with the sound character, my wife wasn't thrilled with me spending $500 (fabulous price) for the VA's and I knew it would take more upgrades to get them sounding right. I took them back and I get to keep the RTA's a while longer.

    The down side is that book cases have come up again recently and I don't know what I could replace the RTA's with that would sound good, fit in the book case and cost under $500. Sigh...I could be looking at a Bose Wave radio:frown:.
    Stan

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited March 2011
    Hey, what do you know, here's another and look at what he was driving with it.

    http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?intatran&1306017327&/Musical-Fidelity-A-3.5-Integra
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