Pioneer 1018 vs ice amp sc-05/07

olilugo

pedler, did you ever get your SC-07? how does it compare to the 1018?

Falcon01

Olilugo, I noticed the you have a 1018 hooked up to a Sunfire amp. I have an Elite VSX-01 (very similar to the 1018) and I was thinking of getting a Sunfire amp to hook it up to also.

SO...my question is...was there a NOTICEABLE improvement in sound clarity when you hooked up the Sunfire to the 1018 or was it just for the added power?

Pedler

olilugo wrote: »

pedler, did you ever get your SC-07? how does it compare to the 1018?

I would like to thank all of you again for all your help moving to the SC-07 AKA ICE CLUB

Ok, To start I purchased through Videogon (Rand) and I ordered on the 6th in the afternoon and it was shipped out through UPS and Arrived today at 6:00pm ( It would have been here sooner but It was the weekend)

http://cgi.videogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.p...1ch&1243354552
I am very happy to say He was very professional and answered all questions that I had It was shipped as stated New in Box.
I would not hesitate to order from them again!!!:D


Ok, My initial impressions are... Mantis has understated the difference in the sound quality between the SC and the regular line. ( Then again I am going from the 1018 to the SC)

2 channel setup:
It sounds so clean and clear. The bass high's mids... Its clean and clear and the little details I can make out that I didn't before. Yet it is not Bright sounding. It sounds Very good!

You can still here all the notes even when it gets complicated... There is no going back.

This was the sound quality that I wanted.

mantis

Pedler wrote: »

I would like to thank all of you again for all your help moving to the SC-07 AKA ICE CLUB

Ok, To start I purchased through Videogon (Rand) and I ordered on the 6th in the afternoon and it was shipped out through UPS and Arrived today at 6:00pm ( It would have been here sooner but It was the weekend)

http://cgi.videogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.p...1ch&1243354552
I am very happy to say He was very professional and answered all questions that I had It was shipped as stated New in Box.
I would not hesitate to order from them again!!!:D


Ok, My initial impressions are... Mantis has understated the difference in the sound quality between the SC and the regular line. ( Then again I am going from the 1018 to the SC)

2 channel setup:
It sounds so clean and clear. The bass high's mids... Its clean and clear and the little details I can make out that I didn't before. Yet it is not Bright sounding. It sounds Very good!

You can still here all the notes even when it gets complicated... There is no going back.

This was the sound quality that I wanted.

It's a very good receiver. it's amazing how good it sounds. I feel it can compare to some lower end separates. it's that good.

Dan

olilugo

mantis wrote: »

It's a very good receiver. it's amazing how good it sounds. I feel it can compare to some lower end separates. it's that good.

Dan

Hey Dan,

what do you consider lower end separates?

Rotel,
Marantz
NAD
B&K
Sunfire
Parasound
Arcam

On the fence:
Emotiva
Outlaw
Sherwood Newcastle

Hi end:
Cary cinema
Anthem
Classe
Mcintosh
LINN
Jeff Rowland
Krell
Bel canto
Musical Fidelity