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Happy Listening!

coop_301 & unsound 

The fun part about this forum is getting me and others to thinking about the subjects being discussed .  Preamp or no preamp , unsound's technical explanation got me thinking again , do I need an active preamp ? 

Asiaaudiosoc brought up a great point about the volume control , in my opinion it's the most important componet between your input devices and your amp .  I heard the difference between a stock and high grade Alps , it wasn't subtle .

@dsper, A room of that size could accommodate full range sound, the only thing that might be holding back that possibility is the c-j amp. Now, I like and have used c-j (though ss) in the past, and I don't mean to harp on this, but I think the resale on c-j stuff is quite good. You might be able to get a visually less imposing speaker than the CS5i's that could offer deeper frequency response and still meet your other criteria, if you would consider other amplification that met the loudspeakers needs rather than getting speakers that met the amps limitations.

@coop_301 , It appears that for a fairly reasonable charge you could have the balanced output voltage customized:

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@unsound ...if you would consider other amplification...

You make a very valid point.

The other part of this for me is the desire to try a tube amp setup. For example the CS.5 is a 4 ohm speaker that is supposed to be able to run on 30 wpc per the Stereophile review link that Tom Thiel shared. The CJ LP66S is rated at 60 wpc at a 4 ohms. Along with jazzman7's postive comment, maybe I should try a pair. Not a real expensive experiment at current used prices for the .5's.

I appreciate the advice. Thanks!