Rec needed for bright sounding amp...

[StephenWVU]

My bad!  I just glanced over it too fast.  I know someone selling an Emotiva that might fit the bill.  I will tell him to look at the forum.  Avoid the Carver if you want bright! 

[Reverend]

Beautiful speakers.  Thank you for sharing and welcome to the forum.   

[Finleyville]

Thank you for your kind words and your suggestions. 

The older Denon receiver does have preouts so that will not be a problem.  If I decide to use these in my HT then my Marantz definitely has them.

That was a very nice offer SunnyDaze.  I currently do not have the speaker right now because I don't have the room.  They are over a friend's house break in for awhile until I can figure out where to put these things.


I am keeping my eye on used Adcom 555/5500 and Emotiva XPA2's right now.  Since I am not in a hurry to buy right now I have time to sit back and look for a good deal.

[MacGeek]

Welcome!  There is a used, in need of service Adcom on CL I saw this morning.  Unfortunately, I didn't copy the link.  Tom can probably fix the amp and as I recall, the price was low.

[Shayne]

Yes, I have an Emotiva XPA-2 I'm selling. I think it would fit the bill quite well. 300x2 @ 8ohm, 500x2 @4. It's a pretty bright sounding amp. It's in mint shape with the original box and I'm pretty sure i have a set of the black trim pieces that haven't been used. Let me know

[StephenWVU]

Due to actually reading what you are trying to find I might have an amp well worth your consideration. The Chiro C-200 that I own is very similar in sound to the Emotiva and was modded by Tom. It runs 140 at 8 ohms Class A and 280 at 4 ohms. I highly encourage you to ask Tom about this amp and get his opinion. I find it to be one of the cleanest solid state amps I have heard. If your heart is set on the Emotiva, Shayne is who I said owned one and it has been kept minty. Great guy for doing business!

[SunnyDaze]

That was a very nice offer SunnyDaze.  I currently do not have the speaker right now because I don't have the room.  They are over a friend's house break in for awhile until I can figure out where to put these things.

Well my 504 isn't going anywhere and neither is the offer. Keep me posted. Best of luck with the search!

[F1nut]

  Rec needed for bright sounding amp...   

Emo is what you want, it'll have your ears bleeding right quick.

That said, I agree with the gentleman that suggested you tweak the crossovers, either with different values and/or different caps before buying a bright amp, which IMO, is not a desirable thing under any circumstance.

[Finleyville]

Changing the crossover is a valid suggestion.  But I think in this case I may be running into the limitation of the tweeter.  I will be able to tell more about the broken in sound when I get them back.  I hope that the top end will extend a little.  My speakers do not sound dark.  I think I am missing that extra shimmer/sparkle that you get from planar or diamond tweets.  I am probably asking too much from the equipment, but I have put a lot of effort into these and I want them to sound as good as they can possibly sound.

I am still interested in the Emotiva XPA-2 also the Adcom GFA-555 and perhaps others that I do not know about yet. 

I am going to have to do some serious research on the Adcom 555.  Some say the original Mk 1 is better than the Mk2 and vice versa.  I think I will start a new thread asking for member's experiences with these amps.

[Finleyville]

Alrighty then...

So I am happy to be wrong for once!  After a little messing around with my crossovers I have found that sparkle!  These things sound ridiculously good now.  Seriously. 

So now I DON'T need a bright sounding amp.  Just an amp.  I will be closing down this thread to start another to invite all suggestions.  Thank you very much for trying to help me out!