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ICE Amps for classical music?

I listen to classical orchestral music at heavy volume. I detest reproduced music for always sounding more or less electronic and not acoustic. Real music is beautiful in a way reproduced music--so far at least-- never is. I have become curious about Wyred4sound amps because of low price and high watts. I am wondering if any of you "mostly classical" listeners have heard these amps and feel they do no more damage to music than amps which are NOT ICE amps. I am using a Plinius SA100 now and have used a VAC 100/100,
a Bedini Classic 100/100, a Music Reference RM-9, and other tube and solid state amps. They all had their pluses and minuses, of course, but for least electronic, clearly the Bedini was the winner. So what about ICE amps?
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weseixas
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Hello Gents ,

Mapman,

Note the bass was muddy and unextended on the BC vs The threshold , The muddy bass noted to maggies previously disappeared and the bass was vastly improved .

Note : Improved over previous BC500 sound , not perfect ..

The M500's are never turned off , haven't for a year always left on, Per BC instructions. The threshold was allowed 10 minutes , we never waited the difference was apparent immediately during the warm up phase and got better so we just kept going.

Count it, that in this situation, with the combination that was presented, the Threshold delivered. Again, i can see it being some what different on less revealing speakers with the noted exception of the Bass, the BC500 was not even in the same time zone here.

regards,
weseixas
519 posts
 
Mapman,

Could you described your setup ...
weseixas
519 posts
 
Muralman1,

Which one of your listed systems are you describing with the H2O's..

The same with Galant diva ?

Rich lives in NC , when he get's back maybe he can hear your H2O setup at the moment he is thinking of going back conventional .

regards,
muralman1
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Weseixas What Rich are we talking about? I will be very happy to entertain any visitor who loves music. Have him shoot me an email.

I removed my system from Audiogon. After my spinal operation this month, and trusting I will be in good health afterwards, I am going to restart my cottage industry making speaker cables. Doing that, I figure I will have to register as such. My system dialogue was riddled with brand name disappointments.

Gallant Diva's set up is very different than mine. I have good word that his sound is phenomenal. He put a lot of tube amp horsepower into driving hybrid Full Range Apogees.
audiofeil
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No motive, no hidden agenda, and certainly no dealerspeak so put that away. Do you see any advertisting rx8girl?

My point is Muralman's ideas work for him but they are not a universally accepted truth. Personal preferences are the cornerstone of our hobby.

Anybody with audio experience has learned this basic premise.

Muralman will eventually get it once he takes the blinders off.
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