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Nervous and excited

Hey all,

So, I just unexpectedly maybe upgraded my system, selling my beloved Sophia Baby Electric integrated and buying a Rega Mira 3, then putting up for sale my beloved Triangle Titus and buying a pair of JM Lab Focal 807v's. I also went from Mapleshade Helix speaker cable to Clear Day.

Now I'm nervous. Will the 807's be all that I think they will? The Clear Day are already a huge difference in presence and projection. I'll keep you posted. Feel free to chime in with any experiences you have with any of these components.
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simao OP
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The Baby, while warm and open and cohesive, simply didn't have enough power for my speakers. I wanted more projection that 10 w/ch couldn't give on 90db monitors.

No offense taken (I mean, we're talking audio components here, not cultural backgrounds). I haven't plugged the Mira into the system yet. I briefly had the Brio 3 - and before that an ARC VS-110 - and liked how the Brio matched with the Rotel. SO I went back to Rega.
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Interesting. Outside of my very first audio components which I bought after listening to them at my awesome, local hi-end store, just about everything I've owned has been bought without hearing it.

That's the adventure of hi-end audio - what soundscape will be painted next?
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Schubert - truthfully, it was the second Baby I'd owned. They pop up on Agon every now and then for between 400-500 and are worth every penny. SO why did I sell it? Curiosity, I guess. There's always the "What else is out there that I can afford or trade-up on?" mentality that bites us every now and then.

And yes, Phaelon, I chuckled at the first two downer responses. But whatever. If the Mira/JM Labs/Rotel combo doesn;t do it for me, I'll try, try again...
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That's the thing, though. I found I wasn't really happy with the Baby. Then again, after seeing a live symphony last night, I admit that, like many audiophiles, I'm simply trying to reproduce in my listening room what can only be heard in the concert hall.
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