Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear?

I sold MIT for over 6 years and I owned the best powercabels they had. But mannnn MIT is not only slowwwwwww, you will loose a lot of details in the high frequencies. Beside this the diversity in the middle frequency is very limited as well.

When you focus on the properties of Spectral there are 2 essential parts which are very limited. Voices and instruments are very small in demension and very direct. But also very sharp foccused. It looks like the forgot this part.

The most important part in music and emotion is diversity in the middle frequencies. This is also very limited. What does the speed add to the limitations it owns?

As I continue to refine my system with isolation and conditioning--I find correct polarity ever more enjoyable.  Wishing all listeners get to that level of refinement...

I read through most of the posts - filtered the rants, and am still struggling to understand how does a high "speed" amplifier "sound" as compared to a slow one. I completely get the notion of "speed" as it relates to speakers and bass performance so I'm assuming this is the same concept but applied to the amplifier. Am I completely off-base?

I hate to say this but when you hear a system that really is fast you'll know it when you hear it.

Things to look for: good decay (lots of it- good lower level detail), nice sound stage that is expansive rather than stuck as a little window right in the middle of the speakers (that 'wall to wall' soundstage can only occur if you have the bandwidth to prevent phase shift in the upper portions of the audio range), 'blackness' in the silent spots, but things like cymbals and strings have an effortless, relaxed quality...

Brightness is usually **not** an indication of speed (brightness is either a tonal coloration or the product of distortion); in fact a relaxed quality is a much better indication. Relaxed (even with the volume turned up!) yet excellent detail in the highs. The two go hand in hand if you have a fast system. Another thing- you might react more viscerally to the sound when there is speed. If you are tending to analyze the sound then its probably not fast.

Bel Canto C5i integrated fits that profile perfectly. My dynamic monitors more than ever sound faster and more detailed like Electrostats with this amp. Also less bright than with most any other SS amp I have used them with prior.