I think you followed good leads.CJ has really come intot it's won.Old stuff was just to ""tubey" to warm and noisy amps and pre's.But 17LS is great cary no question their.Have heard Pro ac and think if I were to swap one thing might be going up line in those speakers.I myselkf use EAR EL34 into a German Odeon Tosca ($6500 liist bought for much less) which is un-collored horn with 7" bass.Been thinking of many different speakers though.Overachievers at price points like gallor Reff 3's $3K) or Hyperion 938 at $4K might go into second sytem where have een thinking of alos upper end x-over less Reference 3A's etc.But I asm guy in 3 room apt who wants old schol rig,a slid state one,a modern Class D or T digital system,ubes and solid state etc.Porblem with me is I like too many things just change the weather or day of the week.But in main system might go into different amp and pre and will want to stick with other high eeficiency speakers that I have now with my 40 watts like The Silverline Sonatta.I mention because
that's a speaker, given what I have heard from buddy Pro-ac's, you might like as well as yours or more.But think you have super rig.Man those Cardas wires are great aren't they?You might eperiment with something more alive though.I have found that Cardas work great wih some tube rigs but most often with smoothing out solid state beasties (I sold krell for 6 years and they impoved many rigs that had toehr wires like XLO,MIT which we also sold.But thinkl you have great set set up as is and if a new formeat player doesen't grab you in next couple of years sending Sony to Modwright could be the one thing that keeeps same type sound just improves resolution.Nice work.
Chazz

chazzbo March 01, 2007 01:05

I guess I might sound like the 16 year old kid at Best buy (though I sold Krell,Mac,B&W etc for 6 years in my 30's in small shop) when he say's "GEt the MONOLITH MKI speakers because as wel know 75% of the sound is in your speakers".But really I am almost convinced that many ausdiophiles (and though a newbie your thier) do the counte intuitive thing by making each link in the chain eqaully strong when in fact some lemets are more important than others.The fact is that the speakers are the unltimate trnasducer in a suystem.Now I have read and heard for myself where inexpnsive speakers fed by superior electronics are a better combo than a mass market reciever serving highly revealing speakers that may laso have dificult oads but to set a to tal budget and have such excellent main components (Cary and CJ) thoiugh $3K speakers,even if they areProac seems out of joint.I follow chain from both ends.You can never have clean and resolving enough sources but then I put emphasis on the speakers match the power and load requirements (stability etc) when choosing amp and it's the pre you'd like the best but I guess I am one of the group that hates pre-amps but stays away from passive units because they lack dynamic drive.Your system is superb but when I felt bug that went beyond some isolation gear (like that new Ginko ssystem) or putting in dedicated lines look at big brothers of your proacs.Me I have ben impressed with new B&W 803 Diamonds which at $8K are touch to beat unless you spend twice that amount.Audio Physic etc.Butg if enamored by the Proacs which I have heard ina few cutomers set ups where we added sopme thing they are world class.Yoru room look big enough to support I'd look at new speakers which are in fact the unltimate tranmsducer and final arbiter of the sound.With the 805's you might like my $7500 German Odeon Tosca horns or at same price a used pair of Avantegarde horns just as long as you have enough power considering room size and speaker requirements.Don't get me wrong.Given my rig I am jealous with what you've got but think the size,cost percentage,and performance of your curent speakers as great as they are leaves something to be desire and would step up in their line or go on the hunt for a new thrill.But you have beauty of a rig and if this is your start it's an excelent one.
Cheers
Chazzbo

chazzbo July 15, 2006 22:58