Digital Amps - Your opinions and why so few?
Panny - an improved after-market power cord is beneficial. There is no "synergy" with this amp. If you have good speakers, they will sound good with this amp. This amp will drive any speaker well. The mods that I do improve: 1)output filtering stages 2) op-amps - by eliminating 8 and replacing with 3 3) power delivery to both the remaining op-amps and Tri-path module All of these I feel are necessary. Steve N. Empirical Audio Manufacturer |
I've had two Carver ZR1600's running for about 30+ hrs now and they seemed to have leveled out as far as break-in goes. These are incredible amps for the money, but I don't think they are 'giant killers' as I've heard them referred to. I can imagine that someone with a difficult speaker load and a tight budget would benefit greatly from these amps, however, in stock form they are not SOTA sonically, at least not in my system. I've posted a bit more information on this thread here Amps for Magnepan 3.6r since it seemed to be a more appropriate venue. I'll get another 40 hrs on them and probably do a review. |
If you are running Magnepans stock ,you will never hear what any amplifier is capable of with these speakers IMHO. You are running great multi thousand dollar gear with 50 dollar crossovers.There's so much more information in the music you aren't hearing with these speakers. There's no way to explain it unless you have experienced it. I hope it works out for you. |
