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New Audiophile going crazy

Hello,
I've always been a music fan, play guitar and have dedicated HT, stadium seating and so on.  Beginning in about November I started collecting some vintage equipment.  A Kenwood receiver from the 70's, a nice Adcom amp
(GFA-555), Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 Signature.  Apparently that was just the taste I needed because I went into high gear at that point.  B&W 802's (series 80's), 805 Nautilus, HTM2 center and a thumping B&W sub.  I constructed a 2-channel system for my home office made of McIntosh C28 pre, a 2105 amp, Rega P3 and Pioneer 707 R2R and full set of Dalquist DQ-10 (sub unit and crossover) all in mint condition. And of course, all the Audioquest cabling to connect it all.  To go with all those Bowers & Wilkins I picked up a Mac MX135 and a MC7108 just this weekend.  House is wired for two channel in every room already so the multi-zone seemed a good choice.
Now, I'm sitting here looking at projectors to re[place the one in the theater.  I've become quite consumed with upgrading all my equipment.

That's since Thanksgiving.  Is there any hope for me?  I have to get this "Obsession" under control.  Any advice?
:-)
128x128jj228
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One of the amps that gets mentioned as a good match for the Polk SDA-2s is the OP's Adcom- I'd be interested in that. I'm currently running off a Yamaha AV RX-679. It advertises 100W/channel but it sounds muddy. I'm still looking, and the spigot still seems to be on...



I have a pair of polk sda2A's that I've owned for over 30 years, I just upgraded them a few years ago new caps, resistors and tweeters. I had an adc gfa555 paired with them for years until it blew up twice, not a bad amp though for the money. I bought a krell ksa 300s a few years ago and it's way better sound than the adcom. I bought a pair of apogee duetta 2 a few years ago also very good sound. It's an addiction for sure.
willgolf
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I have a Sony 695 4k projector  that is 4 month old if interested.  
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jj228 OP
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You guys have made me feel better about the audio flu I seem to have.  Question: I'm running 7.1 in the theater.  The recently acquired Mac MX 135 and MC7108 are destined to go in there.  With the 7108 it can me bridged into 4-channel at 100W each.  I want to get a second amp and likely another 7108 or similar Mac, But (and here's the question) if I run the FR, C, FL and sub off the 7108, is there a better amp for the RS, LS, RR and LR?  Like everyone, I love the look of McIntosh in the rack setup, so I'd like to keep the brand consistent.  So, what do you think?  Which Mac would be best to run all the surrounds?

dadork
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Hat's off to you @6119! Hoping I can be in your shape at that age!
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