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Wyetech, thoughts comments on amp.

I am presently demo'ing a atmosphere m1 amps, and compared to the bryston 7's currently in the system, the atmospheres blow the brystons away. It was like taking a burlap bag off the wilson speakers the minute the m1's were turned on. I was truly a euphoric experience. Since this will be my 3rd amp (hopefully the last). I am going to demo a few others and purchase one in about a month, being somewhat more cautious, since selling used audio at 50% is never that exciting. The name wyetech, cary, wavac, came up as possible considerations. Arc has been ruled out after a demo of them it didn't seem to offer much more than the brysons. A demo of a wyetech amp is possible if driving 5 hours each way and back again is not a problem. Some say it is worth trying. Especially the sales person, who also said atmospheres were built poorly. I live in Phila area. Presently have wison 6 (over priced) speakers. Budget 10k. Any info would be appreciated.
eralff
glreno
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The Onyx is a whole different amp than the Topaz. Different output tubes, different design, different price. I have heard some negative comments about the Onyx. I didn't here that they were honky, but did hear that they were thin in the midrange and somewhat sterile sounding. Anyway, I'm not here to flame anybody about their opinions. I appreciate all comments of experiences with different equipment as long as they were done ernestly. And I've never known you to post otherwise. It's only through varied opinions that one can fairly judge what might be best for them. You may want to say what your system was at the time. That way we can all know what to avoid when system matching.
eralff OP
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Thanks for the input
eralff OP
28 posts
 
Thanks for the input, I am interesting in demo of the topaz amp. and have a demo of Atmasphere m1 most recent model.
jvr
105 posts
 
eralff

could you post your thoughts on these amps after you audition them???
eralff OP
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Re: glreno's comments re OTL amps, The atmasphere is crystal clear and is a bit fatigueing and in your face. This statement made after having the amp for 6 days and listening about 2 hours a day. I think the interconnects and speaker cables, transparent ultra xl, are partially to blame. I had some older lower end cardis interconncts around. Trying them in gave a surprizingly different sound. (I never thought wire would make that much difference) I can't say that the cardis was better. It was much less revealing and more mellow. Unfortunately it didn't give the crisp highs, but it was also not as forward a soundatage. There is a real good posibility that there is a perfect match that will balance the OTL to the rest of any system. I also would like to here more about the berning zh 270, and appreciate the suggestion from TW.
The good news is that the wytech topaz is in the mail for demo and from the few comments I received it sounds like this may be a great amp. The shiping for the amp paid by myself from a NY dealer. I think in the past this amp was only available direct. It is now available from 2 dealer in US one in CA and one in NY. The bad news is more money will most likely have to be spent to get a matching preamp.
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