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Amps and pre amps to improve on VMPS RM40 system

I have VMPS RM 40 speakers with a wadia 21 cd player, Classe cav-150 multi channel power amp. Interconnects are Audio Magic and speaker cables are Home grown audio.
When I listen to music which represents just a vocal, or just 1 instrument the system sounds great. Once the music gets more complex i.e. classical symphony or full on Led Zeppelin, the sound just becomes a cacaphony. Messy, unclear, no separation left, harsh, metalic and unpleasant. I want to upgrade my system but don't know where to start. Should I get a pre amp (tube or ss) should I get a better power amp. I don't want to change the speakers nor the cd player. I am tempted to get a BAT VK30SE pre amp and Conrad Johnson 12 power amp. Anybody with any thoughts?
willems

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scubadon
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Wow, our systems are close. I think my VMPS RM 40 are amaizing. Only 1 problem, crap in, crap out. Some CD's are just not made very well. Some of my favorite CD's now collect dust because of poor record quality. However, some of my CDs that had been collecting dust the past 15 years are now played often. Some of the old stuff has been re-mastered and sometimes that helps.

I feel you should invest your $$$ with a mod from Great Northern Sound on your Wadia 21 and forget about the pre-amp.

Having the right balanced connects, speaker cables, and fine tuning the RM 40s makes a huge differance.

I don't know about your amp, I use an Audio Research and I think it sounds great, although I know it can be improved.

I think for the $$$, we have a pretty good system.
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