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A mistake spending too much on amplification?

I was wondering if I screwed up by spending too much money on amplification? I have been upgrading my amp/preamp for awhile now (I started with a CODA Unison, then upgraded to a McCormack DNA-125 and EE Minimax, then to a Herron pre, and now mating that with Sixpacs). And, although there are subtle improvements, I am not hearing any night/day improvements, even when I go back to the CODA. And the CODA is much cheaper!

Does this mean I outpaced my speakers? Kind of like putting a supercharged turbo engine in a car with bald tires? Speakers are VS VR2's and Soliloquy 6.3's. Anyone have a good estimation on amplification costs relative to speaker costs? Sell the better amplification; use the money to buy better speakers?

Chiho (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

11-15-06

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11-15-06 Regardless of what reviewers say you are not going to hear n ... Narrod

11-15-06 None of the amplifiers you listed are beyond the capabilitie ... Boa2

11-15-06 Narrod speaks the truth Jaybo

11-15-06 You've got some good speakers. why don't you really upgrade ... Krell_man

11-15-06 The sixpacs are crazy good on their own, and unbelievable wi ... Jalapenos

11-15-06 Boa2 says, "the fact is there are significant variatio ... Narrod

11-15-06 Source first no matter what your amp are. Mlauner

11-15-06 The behavior of either a piece of electronics or of a loudsp ... Audiokinesis

11-15-06 Mlauner writes "sources first no matter what your amp ... Uru975

11-15-06 Do you still have both the sixpacs, & the dna-125? if so, yo ... Steveaudio

11-15-06 "source first" reminds me how much i hated my linn ... Cwlondon

11-15-06 Chiho, whether you hear differences or not, or whether the d ... Newbee

11-16-06 Spend money on room treatments if you want to hear a huge im ... Warnerwh

11-16-06 i must be missing something here. are you honestly suggesti ... Boa2

11-16-06 I agree with duke, to me, there is more variation between sp ... David12

11-16-06 Chiho, as newbee suggested, you might want to say more abou ... Boa2

11-15-06 I agree with narrod. it has been my experience as well with ... Bob_reynolds

11-16-06 Frankly i would make sure you have the best wire before proc ... Philjolet

11-16-06 Everyone has their own opinion. i've found mine to be that ... S7horton

11-16-06 Speakers will change the sound of your system, but speakers ... Swampwalker

11-16-06 Guess pretty much has been covered and you've got some good ... Ryder

11-16-06 Electromechanical components (cartridges and speakers) will ... Bigbucks5

11-16-06 could not agree more with this statement. $2k on speakers a ... Shadorne

11-16-06 All of this talk about speakers vs electronic's and the rati ... Newbee

11-16-06 There's an old idiom that says "there's more than one w ... Reubent

11-16-06 This has been interesting. i happen to believe that transdu ... Narrod

11-16-06 your system list prices indicate that your speaker is rou ... Shadorne

11-16-06 Shadorne, system has not been updated. currently i'm using ... Reubent

11-16-06 Reubent, thx for the update. wow, that is a lot of change i ... Shadorne

11-16-06 Thanks for all of the responses. i guess i should clarify w ... Chiho

11-16-06 opinions will vary, mine is, yes, go for the speakers, as b ... Brianmgrarcom

11-16-06 Not sure this is relevant, but i'm driving $1,400.00 monitor ... Tomryan

11-16-06 Chiho, you're over analyzing the situation. be happy that y ... Onhwy61

11-16-06 Chiho, your room dimensions and contents would still be help ... Sherod

11-16-06 tomryan, fwiw, imho, assuming that you already have a grea ... Shadorne

11-17-06 Unless you have difficult speakers power amps are relatively ... Jtgofish

11-17-06 tomryan, now i know you've made up the statistics, and you' ... Ryder

11-17-06 I agree with theabove about preamps, very important as it co ... Superhonestben

11-17-06 Tweaking of power/inter/spk cables*,ac delivery-filtering-re ... Electroid

11-17-06 The dynaudio focus 110s replaced $3,000.00 harbeths which re ... Tomryan

11-17-06: Newbee
"spending that money on more music"

Probably the most intelligent conclusion anywhere in this thread! :-)

Do it!
Newbee (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

11-17-06 In my opinion, it is never a mistake to purchase quality equ ... Szutinglee

11-17-06 Tomryan, fwiw, have you considered the possibility that the ... Shadorne

11-17-06 All the speakers i had when getting the cardas & tg cables w ... Tomryan

12-21-06 Interesting responses-thanks! i guess i have a bout of &quo ... Chiho