This is a big improvement for me comming from a crappy DIY speakers and an Optimus HT receiver. The sound is pretty good, not as good as I want it to be, but with a few tweaks it should be sounding better. Im in college so my pocket cant handle any more upgrades for a couple of weeks. My current speaker wires are cheap Acoustic Research. My next move will be some good speaker wires, then a better amplifier.
I need to know what to do to make my MMGs sing. I did an A/B test with some Bose 201s and I didnt hear much difference.
System edited: I just added the Anthem Amp 1 to my system. Its not too bad. It has strong midrange. The overall system is still a bit on the dark side, I think my preamp (DIY BOSOZ by Nelson Pass) is the problem. I am in the process of building a tube line stage (the Aikido by John Broskie). I cant afford to buy so I build :-) The other contributor to the dark sound, I think, is the output transformers which are Hammonds. Hammond is the cheapest that you can get. So after saving up some money I will buy some good outputs (stupid campus only pays $7 an hour). In the near future I will add some Blackgate capacitors to the power supply, that should help out a bit. What do you guys think of my system? All comments are welcome. Lawrence
