hi there guys, iv recently had a transition of my system, from home cinema to pure 2 channel. My setup now consists of: Monitor audio rs6 speakers, Musical fidelity A5 preamp and 550k power amplifiers, Sugden cd21 series 2 cd player.
Now few interesting things to note here. When i purchased the A5 preamp i took along my old pair of bookself speakers (as the guy sold his speakers so had nothin to demo on), anyway his setup was at the time exactly the same as mine i.e mf a5 preamp and 550k power amps, only diff was his cdp it was a high end naim one. the sound was simply stunning even through my mission m71's. Now with my system i simply dont get performance anywhere near to this and i still dont know why. However as i haave the same amps as the demo in which i was blown away with i can only put it down to being my cd player, what do you guys think? I get the feeling my sytem doesnt have synergy but i just dont get sound anywhere near to what i experienced at this persons house when purchasing my a5 preamp.
Now if i am to change my cd player it wont be replaced with another cd player as i really dont use cd's anymore. so based on what iv said what do you think is the best option for me? a music server and dac? Im really unsure about all this type of tech so would be great if someone could tell me what i need and what will give best performance etc.
thanks.
Now few interesting things to note here. When i purchased the A5 preamp i took along my old pair of bookself speakers (as the guy sold his speakers so had nothin to demo on), anyway his setup was at the time exactly the same as mine i.e mf a5 preamp and 550k power amps, only diff was his cdp it was a high end naim one. the sound was simply stunning even through my mission m71's. Now with my system i simply dont get performance anywhere near to this and i still dont know why. However as i haave the same amps as the demo in which i was blown away with i can only put it down to being my cd player, what do you guys think? I get the feeling my sytem doesnt have synergy but i just dont get sound anywhere near to what i experienced at this persons house when purchasing my a5 preamp.
Now if i am to change my cd player it wont be replaced with another cd player as i really dont use cd's anymore. so based on what iv said what do you think is the best option for me? a music server and dac? Im really unsure about all this type of tech so would be great if someone could tell me what i need and what will give best performance etc.
thanks.