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In Reply to: So, you are telling me that Panny, Sony, etc. (digital amps) are better than Rowland, Pass, ML, etc.? posted by Gateway on August 21, 2004 at 15:30:34:
I am a very value conscious person, no less so when it comes to audio, so I was intrigued by all the talk about digital amplifiers on this and other music message boards. I have had a Panasonic SA-XR50 for 3 weeks now and I am disappointed. I have Magnepan 1.6QRs and normally I use a AMC CVT1030 tube pre-amp and an ATI 1502. At some point this weekend I am going back to my old setup. The music sounded so much better.
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I don't doubt your opinion at all, but whith your speakers, you would need to bi amp(if bi ampible) whith the Pany to be in the same ball park as your other set up power wise.The Panys are so accurate that they can sound thin compared to just about any other gear because of lack of coloring that we have grown accustomed to imo.
Could you please elaborate more on the difference in between your old setup and the digital one? Did the digital amp sound lean to you compared to the tubes? Which setup would you say is more accurate? Thanks.
Lean would be an accurate description, or thin. I have switched back this afternoon and it was not my imagination. The instruments and voices are much more distinct in my non-digital set-up. With the Panasonic the impression is of a wall of thin sound where it is more difficult to separate voices from instruments. With my tube pre-amp and SS amplifier each string pluck is distinct, clear and floats in the air. The singers are in the room with me.For me, the tube pre-amp justs adds a magical quality to the music. Probably for the Magnepans the 100 watts at 6 ohms is not enough power either. The music seems compressed.
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