Ridge Street Audio Sason Owners

Aggielaw, holding onto speakers for 3 years is like a lifetime to some audiophiles. Congradulations. I hope I will enjoy my Sasons as much as some of you. Seems like you like the McCormacks for amplification. Is this what you settled on after auditioning other amps? If so what were they?

If you want good bass the dodd monoblocks can give you this in spades and won't break the bank if you get them used. Having heard the Sasons with both ss and tube amplification I think the Dodds match up quite well

Then again i'm biased I own a pair

Dracule 1, two MA9S1's drive my Sason's. The bass and pinpoint 3D staging is excellent, much better than with my Edge NL10.

For me though, I'm mostly moved by a truthful midrange- accurate timbres & subtle overtones. I'm content with the musicality/synergy of the Sason's and my aging Marantzes. Exploring music & musicians rather than hardware is my journey now. There's a point when we gotta say "good nuf" with 'da schtuff'

(As I write this, Thomas Stanko's new CD Dark Eyes is playing. Highly recommended!)

How's the teaching going Rubinken
I thought your setup sounded familiar

Pat in Toronto

Greetings to you Pat! How are you doing taming the anomalies of your sound room?

As for teaching, ugh! Here in the states, sadly, we’re pressured to focus on teaching rather than learning. On quantity of measurements (tests) rather than expanding the quality of thinking. Fill-in-the blank tests is the game of No Child Left Behind, which does not develop sorely needed creative problem solvers & communicators. Edumacrats could learn a thing or two from the audiophile community about how misleading it is to only look at numbers. But don't get me going... And don’t let me hijack this thread, as the Sason’s deserve greater recognition & exposure.