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Old 09-29-2009, 09:47 PM
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Ok, you have 501's/single box Mc PRE AMP and love them....(like many of us)

You have 15K to spend on an upgrade...

What is a more worthwhile upgrade?

1.2K's Used?

C500/1000 Pre amp Used?

Thoughts... comments????
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I would go for C1000 pre Used. That should give you a nice upgrade.
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+1 - I vote for the C1000 - having the system fully balanced does make a difference
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Stephen.......I would buy the walnut PMC EB1i's that klipschfan has for sale, and still have $5800 left to play with. Use the MCD500 and Sonos with the MC501's, and store the rest of it for now.
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I'd go with the C500, because then you'd have a very nice 500 system (MCD500/MC501's/C500). You would have about $8,000 left over to buy some nice full range speakers if you get room for them.
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I would keep your same electronics and buy the Sonus Faber Elipsa speakers
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+1 for the C1000
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Stephen.......I would buy the walnut PMC EB1i's that klipschfan has for sale, and still have $5800 left to play with. Use the MCD500 and Sonos with the MC501's, and store the rest of it for now.
+1 !
But if you want to spend these 15k on electronics, then go for a C1000.
Going from 501's to 1.2kW won't make a big difference compared to upgrading your preamp to a C1000.

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