Added monos
miner
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I decided to go fully tube in my analogue system and added two McIntosh MC275 bridged for mono to my system. My preamp is the Mc C2300. Such a warm sounding presentation without the SS glare present at times.
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What am I missing here ? Looks like 2 different bookies. Plus, why bridge the amps for bookies, can't be that hard to drive, no ?HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
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Looks like a dust cover on the left speaker.
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Good catch, looking closer I believe that's correct.HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
lsi 9's -
Great looking set up and I'll bet it sounds wonderful! Do the 275's get enough air in that setting or is there a fan in the back I'm wondering? I also spy a PS Audio regenerator and Ivan's handles on the C2300; very very nice.
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Those green colored tubes must look real nice in dark room... I wonder how much heat those tubes are going to put out. Nonetheless, great looking setup.
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I have one fan in back for each of the amps, plus the backs are open. And, yes, the left speaker still had the sock on it. I bridged the amps, well, because I could. The Sf EA IIIs are 88dB, so 75w per would drive them well, but 150w per will leave a bit more headroom for those times when I want to go to 11.[
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I have one fan in back for each of the amps, plus the backs are open. And, yes, the left speaker still had the sock on it. I bridged the amps, well, because I could. The Sf EA IIIs are 88dB, so 75w per would drive them well, but 150w per will leave a bit more headroom for those times when I want to go to 11.
Because you could! Love it!
Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD. -
I have to admit, I thought I was going to miss the 45w of ss power, but I am not. Maybe if I had huge towers the 450w/ch would be missed but I rarely touched 45 on the meters. Anyway tube pre and tube amps is very sweet sounding. This is a fully analog sourced setup, for now. May add a SACD player later on. I had a Mc MCD500 previously but found I never used in this second system - honestly less than 100 hrs on the player when I sold it. Digital gets played downstairs.[
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I'm also running a Tube Preamp along with a pair of Tube Mono Blocks, very Sweet sounding indeed. N'Joy!
