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Amp for Paradgim Studio 100

Just upgraded from Paradigm mini-monitors to Studio 100's. Now I'd like to get a great amp to match these great speakers. I have an Arcam 72T Cd player which is very revealing and forward which when combined with the metal tweeter can sound a bit bright at time. Been thinking of getting the Musical Fidelity A300cr amp or Odyssey monoblocks. Which one would be better? Looking for something to tame the 100's as well. Do these amps have a warm but detailed sound to them?
merlocpm2227
asi_tek
28 posts
 
I use the McCormack DNA-225 amplifier with my Studio 100 Ver2 speakers. The amp has plenty of power and can get the room painfully loud with ease and holographic imaging with no signs of distortion. The amplifier has complete control of these speakers. Excellent amplifier! The studio 100's dip around 3 ohms in the bass region, where the DNA-225 will produce over 400 watts for them to give off some of the best sounding and hard bass that is only attainable using a subwoofer.
daltonlanny
301 posts
 
Hey Asi tek, what brand preamp are you using with this combination?
cosmic_void
142 posts
 
I was at my friend's over the weekend and heard his JMLab Electra 936's powered by a pair of Meridian monoblocks. I have decided that I'm going to have to upgrade my Anthem amp at some point if I want that slam. Still not a bad amp to have on the road up.
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raytheprinter
1,234 posts
 
i have studio 100 V2 powered with an anthem pva 2 and a tube preamp ,i feel 125 wpc is not enough for the 100s,saving for a cj mf2500,or pass x250.tweeters were a little hot untill i started treating my room,,,what a difference!!
asi_tek
28 posts
 
Daltonlanny,

sorry for the 11 month late reply! Even though I posted that message almost 2 years ago!

At the time I was using a modified Forte F44 preamp, it was a pretty good combo.

today I use exotic Audio consutling passive volume controls for volume control and Mantra Sound Naturelle speakers with dual 10" sealed subs run in stereo and this setup kills the Paradigm even when they were modified to the furtherst level.
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