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AMPLIFIED MUSIC: AM I LIMITED TO SOLID S

I DON'T LISTEN TO CLASSICAL OR ACOUSTICAL MUSIC. I LISTEN TO MUSIC THAT IS AMPLIFIED RIGHT OFF THE BAT AS IT IS BEING RECORDED. I LISTEN TO ELECTRIC BLUES/R&B/FUNK/SOUL. MOST OF THE REVIEWERS IN THE HIGH BROW MAGS LIKE TAS AND STEREOPHILE BASE THEIR REVIEWS ON CLASSICAL/ACOUSTIC MUSIC. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME? IT SEEMS THESE REVIEWERS INVAIRIBLY UTILIZE TUBES/VINYL/ANALOG EQUIPMENT. GIVEN MY AFOREMENTIONED TASTE IN MUSIC, SHOULD I EVEN BOTHER WITH TUBES/DACs/ ETC?
markman
markman OP
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to everyone who responded to my thread,thanks. i don't pay attention to caps, syntax etc. e.e. cummings didn't either. you guys spend too much time on the computer. as long as the idea and the info gets across. i have purchased millenium vsn-m speakers to replace my psb silveri. i am also going to buy a belles hot rod to replace my bryston 4b-st. i am going to get an ah! tjoeb to replace my NAD s-500. does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative amp for the merlins?
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glen
714 posts
 
Thanks guys for the support. I feel loved again. OOPS I think I'm off topic:~)
gregm
3,395 posts
 
Love's always on topic, Glen! Markman, obvious query: budget for the alternative amp? BTW, cummings used lower case and full-stops only: am I correct?

Cheers!
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dekay
5,355 posts
 
Markman: For a SS amp I think that the Electrocompaniet power amp (that Doug "Sedond" @ this site has been trying to sell forever) might make a nice match with your Merlins. It would also be easy on the budget as I believe that he was only asking $800 for it. I have heard both separately, but not together, so this is just a guess. I have listened to the Merlins with very expensive Plineus gear which was a good match, though again I feel that something a littler softer might have even been better (to my taste anyway). I am not familiar with the Hot Rod amp.
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