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SF speakers sound good to me with my set up, keep in mind that speaker set up is extremely important. If you don't space and toe them in just right they sound all together different.
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Much of what I have read about the Mementos tells me that they need a lot of power to sound as they should. Obviously tubes should be a match made in heaven with the speakers; but do you really think the 2275 has enough raw power to drive the speakers to perfection. Is it really "Mac" that is your problem, or is it lack of sufficient power in the Mac that you bought? I have used (SS only) much higher powered amps with my Mementos and they are superb to say the least. I would love to try a high powered tube amp - I'll wager that they would be incredible.
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Its not that it sounds horrible, just different. Gone is the delicacy and the big soundstage. In exchange I get the grunt, more power, ability to play louder and a full, sort of muffled sound. When I first switched I was upset but after daily listening I started to get used to the MAC sound, or the 2275 sound at least. Then one day after a couple of months I put in another set of AES gear and I was very upset. The sound opened up like a thick blanket was lifted off of the speakers. I borrowed the amps and pre from a buddy 80 miles away to do this comparison again. Basically the mac will give me a little more volume but the AES six pacs are just so much more refined and magical. I can say that the $3700 AES mono amps and pre amp sounded amazingly better than the $7500 2275 with anything jazz, vocal, pop. The 2275 did in fact kill the AES setup with rock, heavy metal and anything with big bass but again the sound of the 2275 is still sort of lifeless. Its big, but kind of dead sounding. That is the only way to explain it. In any case, I can not sell it so I have to live with it for at least 3 years. I thought of trading it for a 7000 thinking maybe that it had more power and maybe was not as muffled sounding. I dont know. I do know that the Mementos sounded gorgeous with the little $3700 AES Mono Blocs and Pre Amp system. I should of left it as it was but I always heard of the Sonus/Mac synergy and heard the 2275 was one hell of an integrated. Its a nice integrated but maybe not a great match for these speakers. I even thought of selling my Mementos but could not do it as I know what they sound like when all is right. |
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No more to read? I started to be interested on this topic and then gone.... the further posts... no traces..
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Julian has a MA7000 now... nuff said...
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Stephen.......Nuff said!
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Hey NGeorge,
I actually tried a SF Musica with Cremona Auditors several years ago and thought it a really good match. I think it would be a little under powered for the Mementos - but it would sound great within its range. Thanks, Julian
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.... I have a record player and a cd player and some other stuff that sounds pretty good. MAIN SYSTEM: . . . Audio Physic Caldera III Loudspeakers, Spectral DMC 30SL Preamp, Spectral DMA 250 Amp, Spectral/MIT interconnects and speaker cable, Basis Debut V Vacuum turntable, Walker Precision Speed Controller, Graham tonearm, [B]Koetsu Rosewood or Grado Statement 1 Cartridges, PASS - X-ono Phono Stage, Esoteric K03 CD/SACD Player, Lexicon RT-20 Universal Player, Exact Power EP-15A & SP-15A power regeneration and conditioning devices. Symposium Acoustics Svelte pads & RollerBlock Jr's under speakers. ASC Tube Traps, Arcici Suspense Rack System, OPPO and Cambridge Streaming Devices. DOWNSTAIRS SYSTEM: . . . Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento Speakers, JL Audio F112 Sub, McIntosh MA7000 Integrated Amp, McIntosh MVP871 Universal Disc Player, OPPO BDP-105 Blu-Ray Player, VPI Scoutmaster with periphery ring clamp, VPI SDS Motor Drive, Koetsu Pro IV, or Clearaudio Discovery Cartridges, Mark Levinson No. 25s phono stage, Wadia 170i Transport with a Meridian Bitstream 203 DAC, VPI HW-17 Pro Record Cleaning Machine, Five Richard Gray RGPC 400 devices scattered around the two systems, Arcici Suspense Rack System, Discovery Essence and Essential Cables, 14,000 ± LPs . |
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Thanks for the review..
The SF Musica certainly is a BEAUTIFUL amplifier. |
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