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Do I need speakers upgrade?

I am considering to ugrade my current speakers Proac Studio 140MK2 that will work well in a relatively small listening room. My setup is :
Amp: Mcintosh MC 152
Pre/DAC: Mcintosh D 100
Cables: Tellurium Q, Wireworld, QED & Audioqest .
CD transport : Cambridge Audio CXC .

Room Dimensions:10 ’ W x 13’ L x 9’ H.

The Proac Response D48R is in my first priority .

Second priority : Monitor Audio PL200 II or PSB Imagine t3.

Currently I am very happy with my setup detailed ,neutral and punchy but I feel that my amplification can do much more but I am afraid that my room dimensions is not enough for the speakers I mentioned above for upgrade ? and if do will it be a big step up from my current Proac’s ? and last question what is the best speakers option for me ?




itzhak1969
itzhak1969 OP
515 posts
 
Thanks jperry !
Everyone worn me that the Proac 140MK2 needs more space than mine but I ignored them and it turned up to be just fine. Do you think that that the Mcintosh MC 152 is enough for the D48R ?
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audioman58
3,927 posts
 
Uour best speaker option maybe yo keep them.
If you or a friend can solder , replacing the not so great stock crossover parts with 
Much higher quality  crossover parts , are not that expensive 
And can transform uour loudspeakers .  I recently did mine and it was at minimum a 2- 3X the $$ cost upgrade. Everything is far more detailed and refined.
If Anyone has any questions tell me what uou have and I can at least make a few 
Recommendations based on my 20 years in modding equipment.
jperry
2,433 posts
 
The Proacs are easy to drive so your mc152 should be able to drive the fine. Hopefully you can try then first.

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kalali
1,977 posts
 
audioman58, this may sound native, but would it help if the stock components - particularly the caps, are replaced with higher quality but equal spec units, or modding requires in depth knowledge of the circuit and modifying the stock design/specs?
bigkidz
3,331 posts
 
You have not really let anyone know what improvement in sound you are looking to achieve.  Larger Proacs will give you a bigger Proac sound.  If that is what you are looking for, then go that direction.  What about soundstage, what about total dimension, what about the TONE, air around vocals and instruments, instrument placement, definition, decay of notes?  What does piano sound like, what does the sax sound like, what does the violin sound like?  IMO your front end is the weakest link.  How did I determine that, well I build DACs, preamps and phono stages.  These custom made products do certain things that most people have never heard before.  They bring out the systems potential.  I don't know what you expect your system to do, but without all that information, it is hard to make a specific recommendation.  I can change the sound of your system with just a few resistor changes, cap changes, or adding a choke.  It could be that simple.  Happy Listening. 
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