rv,
I have your amps and then had them modded by Bob Smith at TDSS with his level 3 upgrades. The basic sound of the Ref 9's stayed the same which I already loved. His mods just made them much better in all ways--call it at least a 30% improvement. I've heard these amps with 5 different speakers and it was by all who heard, the best each has ever sounded.
I've heard the GE 1's, the DI SE's, and Bill Dion's (grannyring) heavily modded DI's with better drivers, wiring direct to each driver and improved crossover parts--which were better sounding than the DI SE's. My friend now owns Bill's pair of DI's. With my amps driving them, they were a speaker you could love in all ways--not as much with different amps driving them. They had it all--clarity, deep soundstage, jumping deep bass, with dynamics that didn't end. The GE's were very good, but I wouldn't have traded for them. They weren't as involving as I'd like. That pair of DI's modded were excellent and VERY involving speakers with very good bass and clarity with the right amp--one just like yours--plus upgrades.
I had a pair of VMPS RM40 BCSE MLS speakers for 5 years that are very good. They are now replaced with my speaker for life, the 2 piece Vapor Audio Joule Black with several upgrades to them. I got them for an extremely reasonable price used. The Joules are my speaker to die for and have been for a few years since I heard them at Axpona. This particular pair just seem to have NO weaknesses. They open up all the different music to being very listenable on mediocre recordings to awesome on good ones. They scale volume like no speaker like no speaker I've ever owned with these mono amps--I have to be careful with the volume control--I value my hearing.
Bob
