Dodd ELP + Marsh A200 = sweetness!

dkg999
dkg999 Posts: 5,647
edited March 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
I rec'd the Marsh A200 from EarlyB today and recently bought the Dodd ELP from ND13. I hooked them up with some Signal Cable IC, and speaker cables, along with my EPOS ELS-3 monitors. Used the Cambridge Audio 640.v1 CDP as the source. Absolute sweetness! The Marsh is one great sounding amplifier, EarlyB tells no lies :cool: Rolled the Amperex tubes into the Dodd, and I've been enjoying this little system all evening. Nothing small sounding about the EPOS, especially with this gear upstream.
DKG999
HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited March 2007
    Ronco' that rig broham. Don't F#$K with it. Awesome.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited March 2007
    Very, very cool. Glad you're enjoying it.


    P.S. -- Please offer me first right of refusal if you ever decide to sell that amp. It's one of those fish that shouldn't be thrown back in the sea.
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2007
    Ahhh, another Polkie that has found sweetness. Great gear!
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited March 2007
    EarlyB - you have first dibs should I ever part company with it!

    This is a really enjoyable system! It won't replace my Magnepan's, but wow it really sounds good! Not sure how I am going to work and listen to this as the office system :confused:

    Of course since it's not the required 200 wpc I guess it can't be that good :p

    I need a little more time with the Marsh sound, but I can definetely see a pair of A400's as future power for the Magnepans. I had my heart set on Parasound Halo JC-1's, but now I'm going to have to rethink that ;)
    DKG999
    HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited March 2007
    dkg999 wrote:
    I need a little more time with the Marsh sound, but I can definetely see a pair of A400's as future power for the Magnepans.

    I don't think the Marsh amps are bridgeable.
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited March 2007
    Well dkg999, I guess that means that those EPOS will NEVER find their way to me. Congrats on getting something you truely enjoy.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited March 2007
    EarlyB - I run a pair of 2 ch. Parasound HCA-1500's in a vertical bi-amp configuration. One 2 ch amp powers the tweeter section with the right channel, and the mid/woof with the left channel. I don't need them to be bridged into a mono amplifier. And maybe a single A400 might be more amplifier than my pair of Parasounds :confused:

    H9 - this system will be coming to a local Polk gathering!
    DKG999
    HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited March 2007
    dkg999 wrote:
    EarlyB - I run a pair of 2 ch. Parasound HCA-1500's in a vertical bi-amp configuration. One 2 ch amp powers the tweeter section with the right channel, and the mid/woof with the left channel. I don't need them to be bridged into a mono amplifier. And maybe a single A400 might be more amplifier than my pair of Parasounds :confused:

    Gotcha.

    If you're gonna bi-amp, consider using an A200 for the highs and an A400 for the lows.
    -- just thought about it -- you may have gain issues if you do this.
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited March 2007
    Ooh la la...
    congrats Doug. Sounds like a sweet set-up.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited March 2007
    dkg999 wrote:
    H9 - this system will be coming to a local Polk gathering!
    Which one? ;):D
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
    HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited March 2007
    Halo - well the next Rockford Audio Society meeting of course! I'm still trying to move a meeting so that I can make the new date for the IL Polkfest. I'm pretty confident I'll get that done, and if so then I will pack this up and bring to that meeting. Doug.
    DKG999
    HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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