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what amp under a grand?

I have vienna acoustic mozart grand marantz sr5005 avr,marantz 8001 sacd,vieanna theatro center,b&w 600s3 for rears,current amp adcom 555mk2.looked at used parasound hca 2003 thx, rotel rb 993, and and an adcom 5802.im fine with the performance the marantz gives me for ht but for two channel sound is muddy. i think its the amp? any advice on a used amp that would bring out the detail of the mozarts?
jughead
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grannyring
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Bel Canto 300m. Great combo!
mtrot
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Two channel sound from the Marantz/Adcom combo certainly should NOT be "muddy". That is some decent equipment. How are you connecting your SACD player to the receiver, i.e., via HDMI or analog interconnects? And if you are using interconnects, what are they? Also, what speaker cables are you using?
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tls49
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Agree with Mtrot, as I don't think the amp is the problem as long as it is functioning properly. Could be a room interaction issue. What is the distance between the speakers and back wall, also between speakers and side walls?
jughead OP
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cd player analog ran with audioquest king cobra,speakers ran with audioquest mont blanc,amp to avr with audioquest jaguar. distance between speakers is 8ft,30 inch from side and rear walls.
mtrot
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Well, it seems like those are very good cables, so maybe it is some sort of room interaction. I'm not much of a guru on that topic, but I have heard that square-ish rooms are not good. What are the room dimensions? It could be that a bunch of reflections in the mid frequencies are producing the muddy sound.
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