well, I had my Aurum Cantus hooked up to a McIntosh MC2205 amplifier which has TONS of clean power...but....and I am shocked that I'm saying this... IT WAS LIFELESS!!! Sounded like absolute garbage!!!
I had previously a McIntosh MC7106 and although a different design sounded MUCH MUCH better. I just don't get it. I sold the MC2205 for a nice little profit...but I wasn't sad to see it go.
I hooked the speakers back up to my Onkyo TX-NR1007 and they were so much better and alive. Now...not nearly as good as when I was feeding them real power from say the MC7106 bridged to 300wpc, or the Marantz MA500's bridged but better still by far than the MC2205.
so...what gives? Am I nutz? or was I really hearing a difference from an "amplifier"? Which I never thought could be possible.
I'm starting to think that maybe there is a difference in amp sounds? or...maybe there was something wrong with that MC2205? I dunno. but it sure was odd to me.
I'm currently looking for another amp to try...maybe a Krell, Classe, Carver etc... but I wanted your thoughts.
I had previously a McIntosh MC7106 and although a different design sounded MUCH MUCH better. I just don't get it. I sold the MC2205 for a nice little profit...but I wasn't sad to see it go.
I hooked the speakers back up to my Onkyo TX-NR1007 and they were so much better and alive. Now...not nearly as good as when I was feeding them real power from say the MC7106 bridged to 300wpc, or the Marantz MA500's bridged but better still by far than the MC2205.
so...what gives? Am I nutz? or was I really hearing a difference from an "amplifier"? Which I never thought could be possible.
I'm starting to think that maybe there is a difference in amp sounds? or...maybe there was something wrong with that MC2205? I dunno. but it sure was odd to me.
I'm currently looking for another amp to try...maybe a Krell, Classe, Carver etc... but I wanted your thoughts.
