BobRoulier
Second Unit
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2002
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Actually thanks to my local dealers I was able to play with these pre-pros for a while. I own a 49tx and use a parasound 2205 (220x5) I bought the amp in anticipation of the outlaw 950 and like many others I got tired of waiting . I had heard so many great reviews and I found a price of $2550 shipped. I have been thrilled with the combo since, But i have been curious of pre-pros so I spent the past 3 weeks demoing gear in my home and I had each piece for about a week
tag mclaren av32r
classe ssp 30
krell showcase
this is what I have determined all the pre pros had slightly better sound quality and I mean slight there is no huge jump in sound quality contrary to some others, remember I used the 49tx as a pre pro only i found a bit more impact with explosions, two channel music was a bit better with the other pieces, the pioneers voice reproduction was almost on par with the others its amazing! multichannel music (dvda) was very close with all.
Its amazing how all the pieces have quite different sound characteristics
pioneer 49tx on the warm side
classe ssp 30 smooth
tag neutral
krell showcase some say bright I say very detailed ( parasound amp helped)
Btw i used avia and rat shack meter to set up the pre pros
heres the clincher for me I listen to 7 channel stereo with mcacc engaged and the sound field is seamless awsome sound the eg really works well and none of the others could match it as far as that goes so for me I was not willing to give up the eg for a slight improvement in sound quality I spent a week with each piece in my home doing back and forth test man I had fun,
out of the 3 I would have gone with the classe ssp 30 the sound was fantastic and for the retail price of 3k is the best bang for the buck out of the bunch.
To recap I found all the dedicated pre pros to be a bit better in sq but the pioneer is a loaded flagship with a ton of features , cool remote, multi room , auto setup and the eq 9 band adjustable is killer! so for me switching and spending more $ was just not worth it at this point. I have not ruled out the new anthem pre pro that is do out soon that could sway me
Btw when ht mag (I think it was ht) did there shootout with denon 5803, 49tx, and anthem amp combo the anthem did with the shootout but if the receivers were used as pre pros they would have done a much better comparison I know it sounds silly to say that but thats how I and many others use the 49tx. I paid $4000 us for my parasound/pioneer combo which is roughly the same price they were saying the receivers were and anthem amp combo was just a though
my assosiated gear
svs 20-39+
paradigm studio 100v2
studio cc
mirage bipolar towers (surrounds)
rp 91
kimber kable 4tc biwired
any ? on the pre pros i would be glad to answer them, Bob
tag mclaren av32r
classe ssp 30
krell showcase
this is what I have determined all the pre pros had slightly better sound quality and I mean slight there is no huge jump in sound quality contrary to some others, remember I used the 49tx as a pre pro only i found a bit more impact with explosions, two channel music was a bit better with the other pieces, the pioneers voice reproduction was almost on par with the others its amazing! multichannel music (dvda) was very close with all.
Its amazing how all the pieces have quite different sound characteristics
pioneer 49tx on the warm side
classe ssp 30 smooth
tag neutral
krell showcase some say bright I say very detailed ( parasound amp helped)
Btw i used avia and rat shack meter to set up the pre pros
heres the clincher for me I listen to 7 channel stereo with mcacc engaged and the sound field is seamless awsome sound the eg really works well and none of the others could match it as far as that goes so for me I was not willing to give up the eg for a slight improvement in sound quality I spent a week with each piece in my home doing back and forth test man I had fun,
out of the 3 I would have gone with the classe ssp 30 the sound was fantastic and for the retail price of 3k is the best bang for the buck out of the bunch.
To recap I found all the dedicated pre pros to be a bit better in sq but the pioneer is a loaded flagship with a ton of features , cool remote, multi room , auto setup and the eq 9 band adjustable is killer! so for me switching and spending more $ was just not worth it at this point. I have not ruled out the new anthem pre pro that is do out soon that could sway me
Btw when ht mag (I think it was ht) did there shootout with denon 5803, 49tx, and anthem amp combo the anthem did with the shootout but if the receivers were used as pre pros they would have done a much better comparison I know it sounds silly to say that but thats how I and many others use the 49tx. I paid $4000 us for my parasound/pioneer combo which is roughly the same price they were saying the receivers were and anthem amp combo was just a though
my assosiated gear
svs 20-39+
paradigm studio 100v2
studio cc
mirage bipolar towers (surrounds)
rp 91
kimber kable 4tc biwired
any ? on the pre pros i would be glad to answer them, Bob
