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Ripple
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I've been looking through the recent threads about amplifiers for MLs but there isn't really an answer to my particular problem. [Of course I've got quite a lot of problems but only one of them is susceptible to help from fellow ML owners].
I've had a pair of SL3s for nearly eight years. At first, I was using the Krell KAV250 pre/power combo. But then the itch struck and I went to Audio Research LS25II, VT100 III. Wow - smooth, detailed, bass to die for ... and so on. Vocals and small scale accoustic music [solo piano, David Grissman's mandolin] are magical.
But ... lately I find I don't listen to music as much as I used to. Also when I do listen, I have to concentrate. There's a lot more information there than I've ever heard before, but my feet don't tap. My favourite tunes, electric guitar solos, etc don't leap out and grab me like they used to.
So, what I'm looking for is the best of both worlds. I want the detail, full range, and rightness of the ARs but I also want the whole set up to play tunes.
I'm using a Sony SCD1 and my tastes vary - I like Miles Davis, the way Murray Perahia plays piano and Jerry Garcia, Richard Thompson, Ry Cooder and Jorma Kaukonen play[ed] guitar.
Can anyone help me, please. Should I keep the ARs and lose the SL3s [guess I know the likely answer in this forum]? Or which other amps should I listen to? I'm thinking about McIntosh MC401 or Parasound JC1s. Of course given the way that I was initially seduced by the ARs only to be disappointed now, I guess I'll need to listen very carefully this time ...
I've had a pair of SL3s for nearly eight years. At first, I was using the Krell KAV250 pre/power combo. But then the itch struck and I went to Audio Research LS25II, VT100 III. Wow - smooth, detailed, bass to die for ... and so on. Vocals and small scale accoustic music [solo piano, David Grissman's mandolin] are magical.
But ... lately I find I don't listen to music as much as I used to. Also when I do listen, I have to concentrate. There's a lot more information there than I've ever heard before, but my feet don't tap. My favourite tunes, electric guitar solos, etc don't leap out and grab me like they used to.
So, what I'm looking for is the best of both worlds. I want the detail, full range, and rightness of the ARs but I also want the whole set up to play tunes.
I'm using a Sony SCD1 and my tastes vary - I like Miles Davis, the way Murray Perahia plays piano and Jerry Garcia, Richard Thompson, Ry Cooder and Jorma Kaukonen play[ed] guitar.
Can anyone help me, please. Should I keep the ARs and lose the SL3s [guess I know the likely answer in this forum]? Or which other amps should I listen to? I'm thinking about McIntosh MC401 or Parasound JC1s. Of course given the way that I was initially seduced by the ARs only to be disappointed now, I guess I'll need to listen very carefully this time ...