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System needs more watts??

Folks

I've now enjoyed my system for about 2 years now, and starting to think about upgrading or adding to it. Any thoughts of what I should do to increase my listening experience?

I love my system right now, but feel that I need to turn up the volume a little more to get the full dynamics and "thickness" of each note/sound. Do you think the main reason is because I don't have enough wattage behind my BAT75SE?? I also heard that it could be my power cords? I heard they could make bigggg difference? Appreciate your thoughts/advice?

Thanks,

Current system:
Cary 303/100 CD player
Audible Illusions 3A preamp
BAT 75SE
Dali 800 MKII
Synergistic Research Galileo speaker cells
BASIK strings I/Cs
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frogman
7,472 posts
 
Sounds like a second 75SE is definitely worth considering. But, before
monoblocking them, why not try vertical biamping with two 75SE's; one
channel for the mid/low and the other for the tweet. Can't speak re these
amps specifically, and it sounds like Jfrech got excellent results, but it is
well documented than there are many examples of amps that when mono
blocked yield the benefits of the additional power, but also lose finesse
and purity. It may not be the case with these, but costs nothing to try first,
and is a simpler possible solution. And if you already like the sound of the
amps it can only be a step up; no risk of any losses.
lloydelee21
1,202 posts
 
Agree with Frogman...certainly worth a try first. some amps dont mono well...but most often those are the ones that are not designed to be used as such. sounds like the BATs might be designed for this, given that supposedly it is an quick internal switch/setup.

in any event, you should get some benefit from Frogman's approach...though if the BATs are designed for true mono...you should find that is even a step up (i am told...not actually compared myself on BAT).
johnnyb53
3,510 posts
 
How big is the room?

With a sensitivity of 89 dB and 75 wpc, plus 3dB for a stereo pair and another 2dB for room gain, this setup as is should be able to hit clean peaks around 112 dB at 1M away or 106 dB at 2M away. I like having 150 wpc or more, but I've heard very dynamic systems with middling sensitivity and 70 wpc in medium-sized (say 16x18) rooms. It helps when the system has a very low noise floor.
ddd1
261 posts
 
To make sure you don't have impedance matching problems, try swapping in a SS amp with high input impedance and low output impedance and stable into 2 ohm loads.

However it is normal for music not to sound full and dynamic at lower than natural levels.

Play at correct volume or resort to mid-fi cures like equalizers or tone controls.
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needfreestuff
572 posts
 
Im with Frogman. Good Luck
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