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I need SS muscle

After thinking long and hard about a speaker change, I've decided to keep my VR4 HSE's and relieve one of my cary V12's (one powers L & R upper units and another powers the L & R lower units)and power the bass units with a good SS amp. If i'm going to go through the expense of another amp, I want a decent used one in good condition. Brands that come to mind are Bryston,Classe,Levinson Krell and Mac right off the bat. Does anyone have any models of these brands or others that would offer good synergy with my current setup and enough watts for the power hungry bass units(maybe 2 ohm load at certain freq's) Russe41  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 09-24-09

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 09-24-09   Edge,symphonic line or a used nrg control 201/401.   Tpsonic 09-24-09   Cary cad 500mb jc1   Ajackson1 09-24-09   Second the symphonic line either the rg4 monoblk or the kraf ...   Ras422 09-24-09   I agree with ajackson, try a cary ss amp. they just release ...   Jim_swantko 09-24-09   Mcintosh mc602 600 watts @ 2 ohms without burping and enough ...   Klipschfan 09-24-09   In the"great bang for the buck" category, consider ...   Bbro 09-24-09   The cary cad 500 mb's as stated above, or the sanders sound ...   Macdadtexas 09-24-09   I would pick the bryston that best fits your power needs. a ...   Sm2727 09-25-09   I would second the use of odyssey stratos "mono" e ...   Wizard454 09-25-09   For low frequencies, the odysseys are an obvious choice; bry ...   Gregm 09-25-09   Check into sim amps. also edge. good suggestions above too ...   Kclone 09-25-09   I also second your idea of using a ss amp for the bass. i ...   M297904 09-25-09   why not simply buy a very nice sub? it should run you less ...   Blindjim 09-25-09   Ps. those twin tweeters will definitely like the butler. ha ...   Blindjim 09-25-09   Albert von schweikerts developed all his speakers using very ...   Dob 09-25-09   I own vr5 hse's and for years have happily been using a krel ...   Nglazer 09-25-09   I had a similar problem with my vr4jrs and solved the proble ...   Jgiacalo 09-25-09   Pass labs, plinius, spectron, levinson, bat. i'd suggest bu ...   Tvad 09-25-09   Pass labs, plinius, spectron, levinson, bat. i'd suggest bu ...   Tvad 09-25-09   I have tried almost all of the amps mentioned above and owne ...   Jeffga 09-25-09   Interesting that jeffga finds the vs speakers dark. i though ...   Tvad 09-25-09   Wyred 4 sound will kick *ss!   Lak 09-25-09   Mccormack has some very nice sounding amps, high current too   Tbromgard 09-25-09   I 2nd blindjim's recommendation. i have vr4's and it's easie ...   Jig 09-25-09   There are several models of vr4, and they perform quite diff ...   Tvad 09-25-09: Russe41 Yes Tvad, they are VR4 Gen III HSE's. I first thought I would keep both V12's and go with Quad electrostats instead of my VSA's. But I really think my rather large room (16w x 28l x 18h) with the cary not dumping current into the difficult load the bass unit produces is my problem, it's not enough power to open them up so to speak. I also should mention I want the SS amp to be high quality enough in case I sell the other cary and run all SS. Looking to spend under 3k used, hopefully. Russe41  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 09-25-09   Lots of possibilities used ~$3000. here are some examples: ...   Tvad 09-25-09   Please! it's the bass units. you need power and high damping ...   Jw94055 09-25-09   Btw, i agree 100% with jw94055. i listed amps that fit the ...   Tvad 09-26-09   16x28x18? whoa! 8000 cu ft. plus! that's a lot of room. i'l ...   Blindjim 09-26-09   Blindjim, i was not aware you owned vr4 gen iii. i thought y ...   Tvad 09-26-09   Tvad, didn't mean to put down your amp picks if future syste ...   Jw94055 09-26-09   Jw94055, i didn't think you were putting down my picks. i ju ...   Tvad 09-26-09   Tvad review my post... i believe i said i previewed (auditio ...   Blindjim 09-26-09   Blindjim, as i read a couple paragraphs further, i saw you m ...   Tvad 09-27-09   listened to both the gen iiis, and 4jrs at the same dealers ...   Blindjim 09-28-09   Mccormack dna 225s can be had cheap with the launch of the d ...   Oddiofyl 09-28-09   The nrg 401 just popped up for sale:400w/ch.will drive a 1 o ...   Tpsonic 10-11-09   Russe41:what amp did you decide upon?   Tpsonic 10-12-09   I bought a mac mc352,hope it fits the bill. it should get go ...   Russe41

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