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Re: HT Upgrade

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david abrams

In Reply to: HT Upgrade posted by John A. on March 20, 2000 at 12:07:07:

i had a 555 driving my 2c's and when i upgraded to surround sound i started with a 125w/ch carver 5 ch amp and was unable to produce the spl's i wanted w\o clipping the amp- i since upgraded to the parasound 2205 and have had no problems.
even with the "power-steering" cap of the carver in 2-channel mode it was way underpowered (i have a fairly large room)
i too have the vandy center and rears- the center sounds great; i don't have my rears wall mounted yet- they sit on a high shelf behing the listening position which works ok.
i also have the v2w sub which integrates well with the 2c's- i'm hearing low bass that i didn't know existed on cd's before.
by the way i use a b& ref20 for a processor- it does have true analog bypass although i don't use it- i use a cd transport and the dacs in the ref20
any more ?'s feel free to e-mail me

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Re: HT Upgrade John 14:05:58 03/21/00 (1)
Thanks for your input David. I thought the original 200-watt Adcom was a good match with the Vandersteen model 2 - it only clipped when I was playing far louder than I normally listen to - it is fun to experiment. The Carver 125wpc input is valuable - people have said "you do not need 200-watts - high end Amps with 150-watts are fine and can handle the load", but I have been sceptical.
I too have a large room with a vaulted ceiling which also makes speaker placement critical. I hope, in the end, I can accomodate my sound desires with my wife's decorating ones.
How do you like the parasound Amp?
Thanks again for the input you provided. It's nice to hear from another Vandie fan.
- Re: HT Upgrade david abrams 15:15:30 03/21/00 (0)
  the parasound amp works great- very good bass extension, good soundstage- when using only 2 channels i think it puts out much more than the rated 220 w/ch- very heavy unit with huge transformer and heat sinks
  i believe it is the largest thx cert amp w/o a fan
  the dc trigger is a nice feature if you like to turn off the amp when not in use- i leave mine on all the time.
  the amp does run in class a up to 25 or 35 watts, so it sounds really good at lower volumes.
  i did have some tx with hum but at the recommendation of a tech at parasound, a cheater plug eliminated it.
  i was able to get one locally for $1950
  good luck!

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