Howdy, How do you like your McIntosh ? I think we both are having the same taste on our system. but i have not yet ready to team up my gears for picture posting. At the moment, i am using a DIY tube PreAmp pair with a 5-channel Carver premier A705x for 2 channel music. I use Pionner Elite SC-07 for HT, Cinema i center and Fresco i for rear. Dynamo sub. About the Puritys, they are sitting in my bedroom just for the moment. Thinking about selling them. I was almost bought a Mc275 new in box but gave up last minute. I also custom make DIY RCA interconnects and speaker cables. Order parts from around the world on ebay. It is fun though.
My CLS ii are in black Oak finish in original paint, very little scratches on the back of the wood panel, not visible in the front. I believed Panels are never replaced since the first owner far back in 1991. But the seller said speakers were stored in the storage room most of time. Until i connected them with the tube Pre and the Carver power Amp, using just a junk cd player for the music source. of course never stop changing the angle of speaker placement to the right point. At last, I found out that i have a private concert hall with a wide sound stage in my living room. What i am going to buy soon is a Krell KIDS for iPod dock and further ambition to build my first DIY tube Power amp to make a complete tube system. Will post them once everything is done.[/QUO
You need an amp for your CLSs that can deliver more current than the Mac.I had a MAC 2205 that was totally incapable of driving my CLSs even when its meter showed an output of 400 watts per channel(+3 DB).Try a Behringer EP1500.
