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speaker suggestions with mcintosh gear

Last week I auditioned dynaudio speakers being powered by all Naim gear. I was really tooken by the sound and how exact and un mashed together. Is this possible to achieve with my Mc207 and Mc C45? I was wondering if any one had suggestions on speaker manufacturer to put an ear to. I am now playing B&W802 Nautilus. But I feel I dont have enough power. I listen to alot of 80s 90s rock. I also want to eventually return to a theater setup to play my sacds. I run everything through a Marantz 9500. I like to get LOUD DETAILED clear and very defined. but I really like to keep my Mc gear unless it is going to be a hard goal to accomplish. I would like to spend less than 15000.00 when all said and done. Meaning sub center fronts and rears. Thanks in advance.
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jaybo
4,478 posts
 
before ditching your speakers, try a larger mac....pwer to speare and a nice match with the 802's.
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bigjoe
693 posts
 
im not sure your mc207 c45 combo will acomplish what the naim gear did,im a mcintosh buyer for life but i have never been overly impressed with the home theater amps from mac & i have found them to be severly lacking & very slow amp's when compared to mcintosh 2 channel amps with comporable wattage.

for the resale price of the mc207 you could buy 3 mc7270's & have 6 channel's of smoking hot amplifiers & have a system that would be damm hard to beat at any price plus they are loud & detailed.

btw my idea of loud is really loud like get the cop's called obscenely loud kinda loud,the kinda loud that after listening for a half an hour you want to lay down for a spell,i just thought i'd qualify what my idea of what loud is.
autoll
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If you like the 802 sound, but more of it, listen to the Paradigm S8's. They go lower, throw a bigger sound, have even more detail and won't even think about breaking a sweat at high spls. They are not laid back though. They work well with the C45 and 402 amp although I use classe cam-350 which are slightly more emmediate and soften the highs a tad if you like that.
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