good sound non enough power

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sistem:

cambridge audio azur 540c v2 player, 640a v2 amp,azur interconnects,mordaunt short avant 902i speakers,ixos xhs553 speaker cable,gale t50 speaker stands

problem:

i'm very happy with the sound quality of my budget sistem however i desire a bit more power and prefer the sound of floorstanders over bookshelfs,I like to listen to my music considerably loud and the sistem it's currently strugling to coope and sounds a bit out of breath at high volumes .I was thinking of ugrading the sistem with a power amp, either the nadc272 or the audiolab 8000p 400 pounds its the max i'm willing to spend on the power amp.on to speakers now, i have two candidates tannoy eyris2 or the monitor audio bronze br5 please enlighten me with thy knowlege masters of the hi-fi .

stefano corrias

 

[Andrew Everard]

Conventional wisdom will suggest the BR5s, but I really quite like the sound of the Tannoys, so you should definitely give them a go.

I think they'll give you the bigger sound you're after without recourse to a power amp.

 

[Anonymous]

thaks 4 the advice sir ,but i still am unsure as i have audition the tannoy eyris2 but not the br5 as i cannot find anywhere to audition nevermind buy them in london . should i desire to go down the power amp route wich would you advise; audiolab8000p or the nadc272 ????, or is there anythigels out there that i should consider?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Given that the power amp isn't the solution to your problems, I'd suggest you buy a secondhand Audiolab 8000P to use with your Cambridge amp. It will give you about 30% more power, which should equate to an increase of level of one decibel, or a couple if you're lucky. You'll just about be able to hear that - 1dB is the smallest increase in sound the human ear can detect.

The NAD has more power - 150W - but it still won't bring the large increases in level you are seeking.

 

[Anonymous]

ok thanks very informative so ill most likely go for the tannoy and then see what the sistem sounds then .ta very much mr everard

 

[Anonymous]

so wat do i need to do in order to get the power i want? to give u an idea my last amp was a kenwood ka-3020 and it did satisfy my needs fully but but it was old and and the sound qualiti wasn't really good , is there a way to get that kind of delivery from my existing sistem or do i need a new amp go get wat i want regards stefano corrias

 

[Andrew Everard]

Fairly convinced the greater weight and scale of the floorstanders will do the trick for you.

 

[Anonymous]

ok i'm not gonna argue wit u at the end of the day it's your job to know this thinks i'm just a chef

 

[Anonymous]

just found the teck spek for my old ka-3020 it's a 150W s@*7! thats very powerfull my cambridge audio640 v2 only has 75w can modern day eletronics make un fo the gap?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Actually, think you'll find the power consumption of the KA-3020 was about 150W, and the output around 50W per channel on paper, downhill and with a tailwind, but nearer 30W a side with sensible distortion figures, full range and both channels driven.

So bang goes that theory, even if it was a very exciting-sounding amp in its day, if not the last word in subtlety. IIRC we gave it an Award back in the mists of time, but we were all a bit rockier then.

We used to give 'serious fun' reviews to Cerwin Vega! - the ! was very important - speakers, too, back in those days...

 

[Anonymous]

custy let u know wat happens when i get my speakers end of the month thanks for the chat