Current Office System consisting primarily of McIntosh, B&W and Audioquest. Would love to exchange the C-45 for a dedicated 2-channel tube pre--C-2200 or the like since I've given up on multi-channel.
Particularly happy with Target's addition to the system...the blue meter-colored bases. Wire management is pretty good if I do say so myself.
Great system. It matches mine very closely (803's, C45, MC352, AQ Caldera/Viper. Don't give up on the C45 just yet. It has a feature that you could use to great effect and that is the trim feature. Get a small subwoofer and Setup your system for 2 channel with the sub and viola. One button push and you can tailor the lower register volume independly from the left/right speaker. None of the Mc tube pre's has this feature. The one complaint Stereophile had of the 803's (rated A-) was that the bass is a little weak. Also I would mount the components and speakers on wood plinths with brass footers and don't stack anything. Listen every day.
Thanks Nissancrazy. The room is a little small, but not too bad. I had all the gear on the floor until recently (couldn't take pictures of that, now could I?) and it's the strangest thing...putting the gear on the stands opened up the sound stage and gave it a height and depth I haven't heard since everything was in a large studio apt.
Got Ray LaMontagne "Gossip in the Grain" on right now. sounds amazing.
