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  1. Charles Ledbetter

    What characteristics make up a good amp?

    Jeff put it quite nicely. Ignore specs, for the most part. You see so many people get all caught up in THD specs. That has very little to do with how good an amp sounds. What you have to be careful to avoid is amps that just can't do what they're claiming in the specs. I've run across them...
  2. Charles Ledbetter

    Bryston 9B-ST vs Proceed AMP5... opinions please?

    Wow, this is going to be a tough call. You've picked two very good amps by reputatble manufacturers and they're both in the same price range. Should be around $4 grand each. At this level of equipment, it's going to come down to nothing but personal preference. Since you're almost for sure...
  3. Charles Ledbetter

    A little help... The benefit of external amplification

    Yea, your results are pretty typical. The benefit mainly comes from freeing the amp in your receiver from the CC duties and providing more power to the other speakers. I went this route as well adding external amps to my receiver one or two at a time until I wasn't using the amp in the...
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