Thanks Bearotti for the lead-in. My system page indeed has lots of info about my trials and tribulations so if you are truly interested in a very detailed answer, check there.
The highly-condensed summary is that I feel the 926/2002 combination will be excellent. In the grand scheme, the highs won't be pristine but that will be the amp's fault and not the speakers', and will not be an issue at all considering the 2002's modest price these days. There is a chance the 2002 will be a slightly "faster" amp than your MC150 but if you want to stick with SS, you should try one of their newer offerings like the MC162 at a good price or the MC252 if you can go all out. But to be truly impressed, I would suggest you get one of the new-issue MC275 tube amps....
The Electra 926 is a wonderful speaker. I have had several pairs of various brands and find the 926s to strike the perfect balance between richness and detail, speed and coherence, and power and refinement. This is a very tough act to follow. They also have a fantastic power response so they can throw a huge soundstage and with the right source, populate it perfectly and with enough space and air to make it feel real and natural. This too is a hard attribute to get in a speaker anywhere near this price point. For what they go for used these days, the 926s are one of the best deals around in my experience.
Be warned however, that speakers have to be well sized to your room and the 926s are no exception. I have mine in a 14x13x7.5 room that has two permanently-open doorways in the back corner and feel that this is an excellent room for them. If you don't have the doorways, you can go with a larger room. If you have an open floorplan, you might want to consider adding a subwoofer. All this is assuming you want to get the most of the 926s. My -3dB point is at 23Hz with no more than +3dB variation throughout the bass region - which is awesome performance for a small, square room and no sub. If you have a large room, consider 936s or even 946s instead.
By the way, the Chorus 714S are AMAZING little speakers. One of my hifi buddies had a pair and those little jobbers knocked our socks off on many an occasion. He had a variety of tube amps hooked up to them and the amount of detail and impressive transparency that came out of the 714s was astonishing. In the dark, it felt like we were tripping, bordering on sensory overload track after track. The 716S pales in comparison, with a disjointed midrange and boomy bass. If one day I need inexpensive little speakers, I will be buying a pair of 714S. But your positive impression of them gives you only a hint of what you will have with 926s....
Arthur
The highly-condensed summary is that I feel the 926/2002 combination will be excellent. In the grand scheme, the highs won't be pristine but that will be the amp's fault and not the speakers', and will not be an issue at all considering the 2002's modest price these days. There is a chance the 2002 will be a slightly "faster" amp than your MC150 but if you want to stick with SS, you should try one of their newer offerings like the MC162 at a good price or the MC252 if you can go all out. But to be truly impressed, I would suggest you get one of the new-issue MC275 tube amps....
The Electra 926 is a wonderful speaker. I have had several pairs of various brands and find the 926s to strike the perfect balance between richness and detail, speed and coherence, and power and refinement. This is a very tough act to follow. They also have a fantastic power response so they can throw a huge soundstage and with the right source, populate it perfectly and with enough space and air to make it feel real and natural. This too is a hard attribute to get in a speaker anywhere near this price point. For what they go for used these days, the 926s are one of the best deals around in my experience.
Be warned however, that speakers have to be well sized to your room and the 926s are no exception. I have mine in a 14x13x7.5 room that has two permanently-open doorways in the back corner and feel that this is an excellent room for them. If you don't have the doorways, you can go with a larger room. If you have an open floorplan, you might want to consider adding a subwoofer. All this is assuming you want to get the most of the 926s. My -3dB point is at 23Hz with no more than +3dB variation throughout the bass region - which is awesome performance for a small, square room and no sub. If you have a large room, consider 936s or even 946s instead.
By the way, the Chorus 714S are AMAZING little speakers. One of my hifi buddies had a pair and those little jobbers knocked our socks off on many an occasion. He had a variety of tube amps hooked up to them and the amount of detail and impressive transparency that came out of the 714s was astonishing. In the dark, it felt like we were tripping, bordering on sensory overload track after track. The 716S pales in comparison, with a disjointed midrange and boomy bass. If one day I need inexpensive little speakers, I will be buying a pair of 714S. But your positive impression of them gives you only a hint of what you will have with 926s....
Arthur