Final SET

by ludimagis on Done For Now
AMR CD77 & 300B
Audio Mirror & Stereo Knight
System

Description

I am so pleased, it will be difficult to swap anything out. The only possibility is a set amp with a little more power. The Larry Moore 300B-XLS is about 13w/ch and has been my primary amp for 3+ years.

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    • AMR CD-77
    SOTA Redbook player with an equally impressive USB DAC.
    • Thorens TD-160
    Rebuilt & modified; with new RCA outputs, mogami wire, and new headshell wire.
    • Sumiko Pearl
    Very nice w/ the Thorens.
    • Sony SCD-333es
    A nice 5 play & for the occasional sacd.
    • Aesthetix Calypso
    As many have reviewed, excellent QPR. Allows most of the details with smooth, almost natural delivery. Opted for this because of remote & balanced output.
    • Audio Mirror 45W SET
    6C33C SET Mono Block Amps, 45W/Channel.
    • Ascendo C8 Renaissance
    Large 3/4 way monitors. Sound & behave like 'almost full range' floor-standers.
    • Harmonic Technology Cyber Light
    Fiber Optic design
    • Harmonic Technology Magic Link II
    6N OCCC, my favorite, that I can afford. They are pretty close to the mega $ cables in terms of allowing all the music, naturally.
    • Harmonic Technology Pro 9
    6N OCCC
    • Jena Labs Model One
    Power Conditioner & cord that I use with the AMR CD-77
    • Audience AdeptResponse
    Power Conditioner
    • Sistrum SP-004
    Excellent stability for the amp & cdp
    • Stereo Knight Silverstone Magnetic Passive
    Transformer based Copper version passive with 0 or 6dB of gain. Clearly in the same league as Slagle & Bent Audio. This is an excellent mate to the Audio Mirror amps.
    • Larry Moore 300B SET Ultra Fi Seebring
    A very clean design with short point to point wiring, James Audio Iron, Mundorf Silver/Oil, over spec'ed parts, with EML 300B-XLS which gives approximately 13W/Ch. Linear in nature and very nicely extends on top & bottom. After 6 years, still my favorite amp.
    • Hypex N Core NC400
    N Core NC400 monoblock amps. Class D, DIY - 200w/ch mono amps. My new summertime amps! Ultra low distortion makes for great sound.
    • PS Audio Direct Stream DAC w/ Bridge

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Good decision on upgrading to Audio Mirror SET amp. Love the look and feel and fit with these amps.

Several Ascendo C8s and System F came up for sale but I had to pass since purchasing new house.

lapierre

Thanks for the insight on Ascendo C8. Love tweeter ribbon combination design.

I also was under the impression more power was needed for Ascendo C8 to max low bass and improve midrange using TOS.

Looking to upgrade to the C8s and wanted to know if I could use single MC275 amp (75w) instead of two MC275s running in mono (150w). Need to improve on lower bass and better midrange separation using TOS. Percussion is important to me with great separation and depth. Could easily add REL sub to improve lower bass but require more improvement and detail in midrange.

Did you happen to listen to Ascendo C7s?

lapierre

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