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Proceed AVP  Cary Cinema 11   Bryston SP1.7



I have had all but the Cary. which do you think would sound best for music in 2.1 ? I have the Bryston now. cant really find any flaw in it except I cant tell where volume is with lights down and screen is hard to read from 6ft away. Bryston sounds good.
I am actually getting a Cary Cinema 11 this week. I know if a recapped AVP . I like the looks of either of these over the Bryston.
gentlejax
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jtgofish
525 posts
 
The Metaxas preamps sound excellent.I owned a Marquis 2 for several years.Most older preamps are not very good.There are plenty of very good old power amps but modern preamps tend to sound a lot more transparent and 3D.
timlub
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Muse 3 Signature is quite good, then and now. 
audiomaze
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I used to own a conrad Johnson pv1,a tube preamp made in the 70's. Sold it to a a audiophile with a system worth over a hundred thousand dollars.  When he hooked it up and play it he was in dreamland . I replaced it with a modern parasound p5.  No yummf!!
jman67
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I have cary slp 98 with phono. Excellent choise for many years. I want to add to the conversation ,a preamplifier that is under the radar. Onkyo p 303. Great piece with great phonostage. 
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tubehead120
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The good blue Alps pots (Blue Velvet) were physically larger (maybe 1 1/2 times as big) than the ones you see now.  The only place I see the old ones now is in stuff I built 15-20 years ago.
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