Moon P8RS _ W7MRS

[TOGA]

Hi gdtrfb,

I create new post for you here as per your request. Please feel free to ask anything.
May I ask what is your source and speakers ?
Moon P8 + W7M sound fantastic driving my Salon2 using Moon Andromeda
as a source. They provide highly transparent sound with power and speed.
bass control were the best. They also show great matched driving Dynaudio C4
as well. very powerful and great bass as well.
But as my source is Esoteric P03/D03 with quite low output voltage then
it doesn't match well. Moon P8 has a very low gain of 5dB. not 9 as indicated in specification. I need to crank the volume to 70 (max80) sometimes, and that just make loud music rather than great music.
I then sold P8 and bought ARC Ref40 to replace it. Much better.
May be my room is too dead and too large, this low gain problem not quite exist in other set up.
Marc from The Audio Beat told me his Ref40 at volume of 40 was very loud when he use it with Ref250.
in my system Ref40 hit 75-80 when paired with Ref250 and Salon2.

For W7M, in my system , they're always fast. punchy with bright open top end. not very warm or full body in lower freq. Of all amplifier that I compared them with such as Mark 436 mono, 432, Pass XA160.5, 350.5, Vitus class A 50w, Mcintosh MC402, ARC Ref250. Moon make the coolest tone. all other
were warmer, plusher. But none provide same speed and impact. Ok may be
XA160.5 and Vitus make similar power, but not the speed and in the high frequency Moon provide much faster and more extended treble. Please notice
damping factor value of these amp, this may be the answer.
Right now I am looking for amp that just as powerful and fast as Moon while offer a little bit warmer and romantic tone. I think Moon is highly transparent, however.
May be Dagostino Momentum or Constellation Audio Centaur Mono may have a chance to visit my place in the future.

Toga