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Thiel 7.2 - Classe, Krell or Bryston?

I have had the 7.2's for 18 years with Classe CAM 350 amps. My pre right now is a Classe SSP-800 as it is a home theater / music system . My phono stage is a Manley Steelhead. Nordost cables.

I have always felt the Classe's were a bit anemic and have been looking for one last lifetime AMP upgrade.

I have been looking at used Krell FPB 600's and the Bryston 28b SST2. My budget is 8k or under. 

As I will not have the opportunity to audition and would hate to spend the money and not have a big improvement on the Classe's I would appreciate any opinions
kevinaudio
pops
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Speaker cables - I use Straightwire Maestro II.  I have run the gambit on speaker cables and found the SW's to be the most balanced in terms of clarity, transparency, and tone top to bottom.



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rsa
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Kevinaudio

Have you made up your mind yet? Which direction did you go?
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kalali
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There's a completely recapped Krell FPB-700cx up for sale now for $6500. That should be able to drive any speaker reasonably well.
kevinaudio OP
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I purchased Bryston 28bsst2's here on Audiogon.

I set them up last night and am very pleased. Now comes new speaker cables, power and interconnects. 

I looked for the Maestro's suggested here by Pops and cannot find them.

The helpful gent at the cable company is recommending Synergistic which I am considering for the Speaker cable. I purchase the Bryston Balanced IC's at Brystons suggestion to replace my Nordost Quattro fil's which unfortunately RCA, I am also thinking about power chords.


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dlcockrum
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Hi Kevin,

Congrats on your new amp.

I have used a variety of speaker cables over the years with my Thiels and either Krell or Classe’ amplifiers. Maestro’s were good. The Crescendos were better. SR Tesla Precision Reference, even better. Replaced them recently with Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme, much better still (and inexpensive compared to SR). FWIW.

Dave
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