I got the Wilson's to replace my old speakers thinking get quality speakers and build around the speakers. My thinking is 1st replace the Yamaha with a good pre amp then work on the amp.
AMP or Preamp
What to add next to my system, budget $5000 to $7000? My current system consist of Wilson Sasha speakers, Yamaha RX-A3050 receiver that I run pure direct, Rotel RB-1590 2x350 amp, Hegel DAC and a Bluesound Vault 2i streamer. I have been looking at a Mcintosh C2600 to replace the Yamaha receiver to give me the option of adding a turn table at a later date or would adding mono blocks give me the most bang for the bucks or other options?
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Sorry about the trolling comment but people do come on here asking crazy stuff just to get us going then you never hear from them again. Yours was like that because as you can tell from others comments it makes absolutely no sense the way you've got such high end speakers and such budget everything else- and not even good budget than that, you just can't do worse than a receiver. Buying a pre-amp you then need amps. And interconnects. And power cords. Done right you can wind up with something quite good. For two or three times as much as an integrated that would sound just as good. If not better. |
I am not a tube guy but recently I heard a Line Magnetic integrated that is supposed to be a new release and costing $5K. It was driving a Wilson speaker costing $16K (I forgot the name). It sounded pretty good and the 2 other tube guys (long time audiophiles) in the room were raving about it. I preferred the sound of a Luxman 509x integrated with another speaker but I am not crazy about tubes. You may want to give MIke a call from the link below and ask him for some Wilson advice. That is where I heard the Line Magnetic. https://www.excelaudio.us/ https://line-magnetic.eu/en/products-line-magnetic-en/integrated-tube-amplifier-line-magnetic-en BTW - I have a preamp and amp I want to get that cost $15K each. A little rich for my wallet so I am going to first try the Benchmark LA4 preamp ($2500) with the $15K amp. I think it will work and there is a 30 day free home trial. Not sure if you will like that preamp with your Rotel. This pre is supposed to not add any flavor to the sound. https://benchmarkmedia.com/collections/preamplifiers |
I should add that you may want to give the Benchmark AHB2 amp a demo (30 day free home trial). It is small, light, $3K, and sounds great. Supposedly the quietest amp you can buy. I am buying this amp again (sold it) as a backup and to use in the summer. My room is hot with computer equipment. https://benchmarkmedia.com/collections/amp/products/benchmark-ahb2-power-amplifier I don’t think you need to spend a ton to get you up the ladder in sound quality with those Wilsons. |
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