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Met a member last night and he came over today with his Ayre V5x amp,a beauty.We put in my system,Merlin VSM-MM,Counterpoint preamp,MSB dac modded by Modwright,Panasonic DVD,modded by EVS and Cardas wires.It was very transparent,dynamic,you could see deep into the music,just a little too much,but not alot,of glare,I think we thought,compared to my modded Counterpoint amp.I am lacking clean AC and my room is not acoustically together,but it was alot of fun and very interesting for both of us.I would like to buy the amp,but something needs to be done to make it a perfect match for my system.We both thought tubes could be good,and I forgot to add the speakers have just 90-100 hours on them,so not yet broke-in.It was a rare pleasure to met a local audiophile and friend.Cant wait till our next demo,thanks Art....Bob
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Let the speakers break in fully before you make any big decisions. I have recently broken in two different sets of new speakers and was reminded of how big of a deal this can be. In both cases the speakers were univolving until they played for at least 200 hours. I had them in a separate room and let them play loud 24/7. I would walk in and check out the sound each day. With both speakers there was a point where something had just happened from the day before and things began sounding right.

I'd bet a lot of guys end up selling off speakers that they would eventually love if they just had put more play time on them. It's tough when they are in the living room and the whole house is affected by playing them loud full time.
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