My audio journey continued part 2...
I pulled the trigger on the 2.4s. About 15 minutes from me, who would have thought in a Rochester , NY suburb? Turns out the oak finish looks great in my great room. Probably not the final location tho'
Then i immediately ordered the outrigger stands and the boutique caps for them from Rob Gillum. The stands really anchor the speaks to the hardwoods plus they look fantastic, there is nothing like superior aftermarket products made by artisans.
Haven't had the time to install the caps but soon!!
I found a local CL Adcom 545 GFA II for good price while i researched what amplification to use. Immediate gratification got the best of me.
The Adcom was disappointing tho'. Really bright with loss of definition with complex sounds like high hat/cymbals/triangle. Kind of congested too. Bass not too bad to just not focused ,detailed, or deep. I became worried about buying a power amp that would worsen the brightness since the Adcom was so harsh.
That fear drove me to look at tubes and tube-like solid state. But Rob Gillum uses a Bryston in his chain. Another adviser had said Brystons are very bright amps. But tube like power amps (Classe or Pass) were out of the 2-3k range.
That conflict was resolved when I found a Bryston B4 SST^2 on audiogon.
Bought it, got it, set it up, one channel dead. Back to Bryston US.
Fixed by resetting circuit board, no charge. A great company.
The Meat: WOW!
Easy to describe difference. Highs nicely balanced, not bright.
Soundstage deep now and just as wide. Every instrument and voice has a precise place now.The soundstage developed layers front to back. Detailed detailed detailed sound, just wonderful. There is just so much air in front of me!
Bass is just ,,, i guess the current word used now is controlled. not really extended but now the bass drum is effortlessly presented with no sense of strain or limit, it is clearly separated from the bass guitar now.
That's it for now. Proceed CDP, Bryston SST2, Thiel 2.4. Getting there!
i'll letcha know what other stuff iI find.
Dave
