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upgrade my amp?

Hi all,

I am currently playing a pair of PSB Image T6 towers with the Marantz pm5004 amp and the Marantz cd5004. I love the speakers and they sound great with jazz or acoustic. With rock, they can sound a bit muddy and I have wondered about upgrading to a more powerful amplifier. (My room is 11 by 17 with 6.5 foot ceiling.) Does anyone have experience with amplifiers they thought worked well with this speaker, or just general suggestions about good possibilities? (My budget is 3-4k for amplifier and CD player.) I have been thinking especially about some of the following:

-the Musical Fidelity M3i with the M3cd

-the Rega elicit r with the Apollo cd

-Peachtree components

-Creek 5350 (or perhaps waiting for the redesigned Creek components that are apparently coming following the new Evolution 50a) with Creek CD player

Reactions? Ideas? Thanks!
mcanaday
jl35
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Odyssey Khartago Plus. Portal Panache.
zd542
5,339 posts
 
I think you need to provide more info on the type of sound you like, as well as what you do not like. For example, some people may recommend a new amp that is aggressive in the high frequencies because you will be using it for rock. I like rock but I don't like aggressive high frequencies. More power is one thing, but your personal preferences are something else altogether. Your list of potential upgrades includes some very nice products, but some of them sound very different from each other.
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