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Nervous and excited

Hey all,

So, I just unexpectedly maybe upgraded my system, selling my beloved Sophia Baby Electric integrated and buying a Rega Mira 3, then putting up for sale my beloved Triangle Titus and buying a pair of JM Lab Focal 807v's. I also went from Mapleshade Helix speaker cable to Clear Day.

Now I'm nervous. Will the 807's be all that I think they will? The Clear Day are already a huge difference in presence and projection. I'll keep you posted. Feel free to chime in with any experiences you have with any of these components.
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simao OP
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The Baby, while warm and open and cohesive, simply didn't have enough power for my speakers. I wanted more projection that 10 w/ch couldn't give on 90db monitors.

No offense taken (I mean, we're talking audio components here, not cultural backgrounds). I haven't plugged the Mira into the system yet. I briefly had the Brio 3 - and before that an ARC VS-110 - and liked how the Brio matched with the Rotel. SO I went back to Rega.
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simao OP
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Interesting. Outside of my very first audio components which I bought after listening to them at my awesome, local hi-end store, just about everything I've owned has been bought without hearing it.

That's the adventure of hi-end audio - what soundscape will be painted next?
phaelon
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Simao: "Nervous and excited"

Elizabeth: "Be prepared to be unhappy."

Wow! Aren’t we quite the little harbinger of doom today.

C’mon Elizabeth; excitedly soliciting opinions after a purchase is like a woman asking how she looks moments before going on stage.

Don’t listen to her Simao... yet :-)
schubert
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Elizabeth, I just bought a Pangea AC-9SE for my new AVA Synergy 450 because you said it was 'da bomb on some things.
Well it is considerably better that the Acoustic Zen TsunamiI was using, which was not bad, so I guess I found one of those things.
I have a Sophia Baby which is one of the last things I would ever sell, even thought I don't have any efficient speakers at the moment, At $500ish, I know of no greater value in audio.
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