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fastz28fastz28 Posts: 624
edited January 8 in 2 Channel Audio
amp- sunfire sig 600x2 recapped
pre- audio research sp14
turntable - music hall ikura carts -2m blue/ dennon110
speakers-klipsch rp-280f /till i can afford forte111
dac-teac ud-301 with dsd
rca sidewinders / speaker wires -type-4
hdmi-pearl /optilink -cinnamon
usb belkin gold
polk 10bs--- prodigy hd2 modded Burson Audio opamps
dcm time windows ---- parasound pre amp
TDQ-1600 Broadcast Reference Tuner -- yamaha cd s700
yamaha px-3 zu 103 cat2 --- audioquest ic sidewinders
carver 1.5t--- audioquest cv-8 speaker cables
ps audio 200cx--- ps audio phono pre amp
sunfire sig 625 audio research sp-14
audio research dac 7 klipsch rf -7111
music hall Ikura carver m500t mk2 modded

Comments

  • ClipdatClipdat Posts: 6,572
    I'm not sure that amplifier is a good match for Klipsch.
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  • fastz28fastz28 Posts: 624
    edited January 8
    had the polk rti12s with the carver m500t mod mk2 and this sounds so much better
    polk 10bs--- prodigy hd2 modded Burson Audio opamps
    dcm time windows ---- parasound pre amp
    TDQ-1600 Broadcast Reference Tuner -- yamaha cd s700
    yamaha px-3 zu 103 cat2 --- audioquest ic sidewinders
    carver 1.5t--- audioquest cv-8 speaker cables
    ps audio 200cx--- ps audio phono pre amp
    sunfire sig 625 audio research sp-14
    audio research dac 7 klipsch rf -7111
    music hall Ikura carver m500t mk2 modded
  • motorstereomotorstereo Posts: 1,168
    600 wpc with Klipsch speakers??? Be careful with that volume knob.
  • fastz28fastz28 Posts: 624
    they say 150 watts cont. /600 watts peak rp 280f
    polk 10bs--- prodigy hd2 modded Burson Audio opamps
    dcm time windows ---- parasound pre amp
    TDQ-1600 Broadcast Reference Tuner -- yamaha cd s700
    yamaha px-3 zu 103 cat2 --- audioquest ic sidewinders
    carver 1.5t--- audioquest cv-8 speaker cables
    ps audio 200cx--- ps audio phono pre amp
    sunfire sig 625 audio research sp-14
    audio research dac 7 klipsch rf -7111
    music hall Ikura carver m500t mk2 modded
  • fastz28fastz28 Posts: 624
    thinking forte111 or the rf-7111 250W / 1000W peak
    polk 10bs--- prodigy hd2 modded Burson Audio opamps
    dcm time windows ---- parasound pre amp
    TDQ-1600 Broadcast Reference Tuner -- yamaha cd s700
    yamaha px-3 zu 103 cat2 --- audioquest ic sidewinders
    carver 1.5t--- audioquest cv-8 speaker cables
    ps audio 200cx--- ps audio phono pre amp
    sunfire sig 625 audio research sp-14
    audio research dac 7 klipsch rf -7111
    music hall Ikura carver m500t mk2 modded
  • fastz28fastz28 Posts: 624
    it sounds beautiful i think i can get more with better speakers
    polk 10bs--- prodigy hd2 modded Burson Audio opamps
    dcm time windows ---- parasound pre amp
    TDQ-1600 Broadcast Reference Tuner -- yamaha cd s700
    yamaha px-3 zu 103 cat2 --- audioquest ic sidewinders
    carver 1.5t--- audioquest cv-8 speaker cables
    ps audio 200cx--- ps audio phono pre amp
    sunfire sig 625 audio research sp-14
    audio research dac 7 klipsch rf -7111
    music hall Ikura carver m500t mk2 modded
  • joecoulsonjoecoulson Posts: 2,706
    The weak link is your upgrade fever.
    SPEAKERS - ELAC ADANTE AF-61, TOTEM RAINMAKER, SONUS FABER SOLO, DEFINITIVE TECH SM350, MIRAGE OASIS, SONOS PLAY 5 & 1'S, SVS SB16 ULTRA

    POWER - PS AUDIO M700, LINN LK240, MARANTZ SR5013

    PRE/DACS - PS AUDIO STELLAR GAIN, CAMBRIDGE AUDIO CXN V2

    SOURCE - DENON 2910, SONY CDX355, JVC XM448, REGA P2 (MODDED) ANIA CART, REGA FONO MC, XBOX 1 S, TIVO BOLT

    POWER/WIRES - AQ NIAGARA 5000, AQ HURRICANE HC (2M), AQ MONSOON HC (2M) , AQ COLORADO XLR (2M & 1M) AND RCAs(1M), AQ VICTORIA(1M), ACOUSTIC ZEN SATORI W JUMPERS(3M), ATLAS EOS PC, WW STRATUS X3/AURORA X1 PC, AQ CARBON HDMIs

    MISC- OKKI NOKKI RCM, HARMONY ELITE, SONY 75XBR900E
  • marvda1marvda1 Posts: 3,509
    ask skip about the mastersound "Box" tube integrated amp.
    Amplifiers: MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800, Usher R1.5
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Transport/Dac: Cayin Venus cd-100i, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkI
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra
    Speaker Cables: Analysis Plus Black Mesh Oval 9, Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme
    Interconnects: Analysis Plus Copper Oval-In Micro, MG Audio Design Planus Cu2,
    Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme
    Power Cables by: Cullen Cables, 6sons Audio, Swiss Cables
  • steveinazsteveinaz Posts: 18,949
    RF-7II's or 7III's.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i | Preamp/DAC: PS Audio Stellar Gain Cell | Power Amp: Parasound Halo A21 | Speakers: PSB Imagine T2 | Cables: Signal Cable Analog 2 XLR; Kimber 8VS Bi-Wire; DH Labs D-75 Dig Coax | AC Power: Panamax M5300-PM
  • tonybtonyb Posts: 30,936
    joecoulson wrote: »
    The weak link is your upgrade fever.

    LOL, A sickness we all have for sure.
    HT SYSTEM-2 channel
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Dynaudio Audience 72
    Polk FX500 surrounds
    Cary xciter dac
    Cullen modded Sonos
    Joule la-100 pre
    B&k Ref 4420 amp

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Analysis plus crystal oval ic's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    B&k 1430
    Tad 803 speakers
  • tonybtonyb Posts: 30,936
    Hard to say what the weak link is...without knowing what kind of sound YOU like or what kind of music you listen to.
    HT SYSTEM-2 channel
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Dynaudio Audience 72
    Polk FX500 surrounds
    Cary xciter dac
    Cullen modded Sonos
    Joule la-100 pre
    B&k Ref 4420 amp

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Analysis plus crystal oval ic's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    B&k 1430
    Tad 803 speakers
  • indyhawgindyhawg Posts: 1,212
    I agree with what a few others have said, I am not sure that amp and speakers are a great match. You mentioned the Forte III. I owned the Forte II's, which I bought from Harry (HB27) for several years. I am not sure what upgrades were done to the version III but I must say when I saw their prices, it threw me for a little bit of sticker shock. The Forte II's were great speakers in their own right but I am struggling to understand the prices of the Forte III's. But back on point, I would recommend finding a nice tube amp to run any Klipsch on. Tubes made my Fortes sing.
  • erniejadeerniejade Posts: 4,850
    Are you looking to warm up the system or? What are you looking to do or sound to change to?

    I have owned the sunfire 300X2 and sunfire sig II 625X2. Both amps were not bright sounding depending on what speaker taps you use. I imagine your Sig 600X2 that's recapped follows the sound on the Sig I had or close to it.

    If your trying to warm it up or more bloom, change preamp. I had the AR sp16 and it was a clean sounding preamp but I wanted more bloom and changed to a Joule. The Joule a quite a bit more boogie to it. Also the dehavilland ultraverve had quite a bit of bloom without loosing detail to it. Even though your AR is tube, to my ears they didn't have that bloom to them.

    Den: Lumin D1,Wireworld Silver Eclipse, KEF LS50 Wireless, Velodyne SPL1200, Technics 1200, Denon DL160, Jolida D9,
    USB helper: w4s Recovery
    Living Room: Teac AI-3000,T+A PA 1530R, Tyler Highland H2, Aries Mini, Grant Fidelity Tube Dac 11
    Have but haven't used in a while: LH Labs VI Dac, Cayin SCD50T

  • fastz28fastz28 Posts: 624
    its the sig 2 i am leaning toward the RF-7II's
    and 2 svs SVS SB16-Ultra
    polk 10bs--- prodigy hd2 modded Burson Audio opamps
    dcm time windows ---- parasound pre amp
    TDQ-1600 Broadcast Reference Tuner -- yamaha cd s700
    yamaha px-3 zu 103 cat2 --- audioquest ic sidewinders
    carver 1.5t--- audioquest cv-8 speaker cables
    ps audio 200cx--- ps audio phono pre amp
    sunfire sig 625 audio research sp-14
    audio research dac 7 klipsch rf -7111
    music hall Ikura carver m500t mk2 modded
  • tonybtonyb Posts: 30,936
    If your going to stick with the Klipsch speaker line, ya need tubes in that system and you don't need the gobs of SS power.
    HT SYSTEM-2 channel
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Dynaudio Audience 72
    Polk FX500 surrounds
    Cary xciter dac
    Cullen modded Sonos
    Joule la-100 pre
    B&k Ref 4420 amp

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Analysis plus crystal oval ic's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    B&k 1430
    Tad 803 speakers
  • fastz28fastz28 Posts: 624
    what full range tower for $3,000 would be best used would be ok too
    polk 10bs--- prodigy hd2 modded Burson Audio opamps
    dcm time windows ---- parasound pre amp
    TDQ-1600 Broadcast Reference Tuner -- yamaha cd s700
    yamaha px-3 zu 103 cat2 --- audioquest ic sidewinders
    carver 1.5t--- audioquest cv-8 speaker cables
    ps audio 200cx--- ps audio phono pre amp
    sunfire sig 625 audio research sp-14
    audio research dac 7 klipsch rf -7111
    music hall Ikura carver m500t mk2 modded
  • rooftop59rooftop59 Posts: 5,479
    edited January 9
    fastz28 wrote: »
    what full range tower for $3,000 would be best used would be ok too

    Sooo many options. Whatvsound do you like? I am really partial to the dynaudio house sound. It’s fast and dynamic like klipsch towers, but with a much better midrange and smoother highs. You could get some killer towers used for 3k.

    I know @steveinaz loves his PSB imagine 2s. I have the bookshelf version and they are outstanding. Used or demo pair be had on audiogon for that price...

    I bet @DSkip has some suggestions at that price. Probably starts with a U and ends with sher...
    HT Rig:
    Denon AVR-X4200w; Peachtree Audio NovaPre; B&K TX4430; Bryson BPD-1; Mains: Dynaudio Excite x18; Center - Polk cs400i; Heights, Center Surround - Klipsch KHC - 6 In-Ceiling; Surrounds - Monoprice in-ceiling; Sub - HSU VTF-2 MK5; LG UP870 4K BDP; NVidia ShieldTV
    ;
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  • treitz3treitz3 Posts: 12,988
    edited January 9
    In my personal experience, I would say that your weakest link would be your speakers. I asked the same question on this very board a LONG, long time ago, back when we had freedom of expression and Pterodactyls were flying overhead. Their suggestion to me was the same I am offering you. I am now at the end of my speaker journey, but since this has been suggested to me, I have probably heard well over 400 different sets of speakers ranging from $500,000 to a little over 20 bucks. One thing I have learned is that money means not one damned thing when it comes to speakers (or audio, for that matter).

    My advice would be to keep what you have for now, change what you want but start traveling. Go to audio shows, go to your buddies house and listen to his speakers, see what Polk members live near you and go make an afternoon trip to hear what speakers they have. If you travel out of town, preemptively look up to see if they have any audio shops and make it a point to visit and listen.

    Take 3 or 4 reference tracks that exemplify what it is that blows your whistle about music and play them on each set of speakers you listen too. Talk about your observations, what you liked, what you didn't like and post your findings on this board. The Polk forum members will observe what you have to say and help to steer you in the right direction. You can learn so much by just doing that. I know because I did. Most importantly, have fun along your audio journey and enjoy the music along the way.

    Tom
    In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence.

    The best way to enjoy digital music reproduction is to never listen to good analogue reproduction.
  • joecoulsonjoecoulson Posts: 2,706
    Great advice ^
    Kudos Tom
    SPEAKERS - ELAC ADANTE AF-61, TOTEM RAINMAKER, SONUS FABER SOLO, DEFINITIVE TECH SM350, MIRAGE OASIS, SONOS PLAY 5 & 1'S, SVS SB16 ULTRA

    POWER - PS AUDIO M700, LINN LK240, MARANTZ SR5013

    PRE/DACS - PS AUDIO STELLAR GAIN, CAMBRIDGE AUDIO CXN V2

    SOURCE - DENON 2910, SONY CDX355, JVC XM448, REGA P2 (MODDED) ANIA CART, REGA FONO MC, XBOX 1 S, TIVO BOLT

    POWER/WIRES - AQ NIAGARA 5000, AQ HURRICANE HC (2M), AQ MONSOON HC (2M) , AQ COLORADO XLR (2M & 1M) AND RCAs(1M), AQ VICTORIA(1M), ACOUSTIC ZEN SATORI W JUMPERS(3M), ATLAS EOS PC, WW STRATUS X3/AURORA X1 PC, AQ CARBON HDMIs

    MISC- OKKI NOKKI RCM, HARMONY ELITE, SONY 75XBR900E
  • fastz28fastz28 Posts: 624
    will these SDA SRS's work with the sunfire sig2?
    polk 10bs--- prodigy hd2 modded Burson Audio opamps
    dcm time windows ---- parasound pre amp
    TDQ-1600 Broadcast Reference Tuner -- yamaha cd s700
    yamaha px-3 zu 103 cat2 --- audioquest ic sidewinders
    carver 1.5t--- audioquest cv-8 speaker cables
    ps audio 200cx--- ps audio phono pre amp
    sunfire sig 625 audio research sp-14
    audio research dac 7 klipsch rf -7111
    music hall Ikura carver m500t mk2 modded
  • erniejadeerniejade Posts: 4,850
    edited January 9
    fastz28 wrote: »
    will these SDA SRS's work with the sunfire sig2?
    That is what I ran my sda 1.2's with
    Den: Lumin D1,Wireworld Silver Eclipse, KEF LS50 Wireless, Velodyne SPL1200, Technics 1200, Denon DL160, Jolida D9,
    USB helper: w4s Recovery
    Living Room: Teac AI-3000,T+A PA 1530R, Tyler Highland H2, Aries Mini, Grant Fidelity Tube Dac 11
    Have but haven't used in a while: LH Labs VI Dac, Cayin SCD50T

  • fastz28fastz28 Posts: 624
    erniejade wrote: »
    fastz28 wrote: »
    will these SDA SRS's work with the sunfire sig2?
    That is what I ran my sda 1.2's with

    how did it sound?
    polk 10bs--- prodigy hd2 modded Burson Audio opamps
    dcm time windows ---- parasound pre amp
    TDQ-1600 Broadcast Reference Tuner -- yamaha cd s700
    yamaha px-3 zu 103 cat2 --- audioquest ic sidewinders
    carver 1.5t--- audioquest cv-8 speaker cables
    ps audio 200cx--- ps audio phono pre amp
    sunfire sig 625 audio research sp-14
    audio research dac 7 klipsch rf -7111
    music hall Ikura carver m500t mk2 modded
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