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proac 2.5, heron i,or virgos

I have listened to these and like them all. Which one will work best with my Classe ca200 and sonic frontiers line 1. My room is 15x24 and a little live. Can't demo in my home because I plan to buy used.
jsbail
jsbail OP
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Thanks to all for the input. As I stated in my post I have heard and like all these speakers. I realize they are very different but am interesed in hearing from people have personal experiance with hearing them with a Classe ca200 or similar. I will also mention that my line 1 preamp is tweaked to the warm side. Also if my amp is a poor match for the Proacs then what is the best solid state choice for them that I could afford? ($2500 used). Thanks, Jon
chris578a
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Jsbail, I should have been explicit. I have no experience with SF and only very little with Classe. My comments are based on general reputation of the gear. If you have some nice NOS tubes, maybe your preamp sounds much diferent then stock, then maybe I should change my recommendation, but... still the Proacs are very revealing and can sound clinical to my ear. Care should be taken, but maybe you have different system gols then I. I have mine partnered with an AR CA-50 which can sound overly clinical on some CDs but I do most of my listening to vinyl which is less of a problem - in fact its very nice. But if you can't listen to the componets in your own system I figure its best to err on the side of caution, hence the warning. -Chris
sedond
1,387 posts
 
proac recommends the a-r ls-16 tubed preamp (or the more spendy ls-25); they recommend the a-r 100.2 solid-state amp. doug
ontario
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i have had experience with pro ac driven by rotel to lynnpre and power amp (klout) This sounds very good. i also drove the pro ac with classe cdp1,ocm pre and ocm500 monoblocks (800 watts) compared to my B&W 801 the pro ac is smoother speaker with great imaging. the pro ac works well with solid states amps. i heard the pro ac 2.5 driven by all copeland tubes and did not like it nor did my friends. i have driven the pro ac with levinson 332 and was excellent. The classe will work good with the pro ac in my opinion but everyone has different tastes so............
ontario
17 posts
 
Sorry i forgot i have heard the 2.5 driven by wadia850 and krell FPB 300 very good also (no preamp).Pro ac like power so solid state is my choice.
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