Acresverde, No that wasn't me.
Prcinka, the McIntosh is mostly just for collectable purposes, although there are a couple cuts that I enjoy the way it sounds. Also, for the novelty of a fifty year old amplifier powering the Trios. It's actually very nice sounding, and quiet too, obviously not at all in the same league as the other two though. Thanks for all the comments. For years I have appreciated everyone else's virtual systems. I thought it was about time I posted mine.

sdrsdrsdr March 08, 2013 02:10

Warrenh, You misunderstood. That is my goal. I never claimed anything. As soon as an acoustic instrument is amplified and played through a speaker of any kind it will change the sound. But with our hobby we try to get our system to resemble the original sound of instruments the best we can. My comment on airy soundstage was to make a point that these are actually hi-fi effects and they don't really exist to the same extent in live music the way that our systems can demonstrate. Even though we all really enjoy this. I'm glad you can tell the difference between live acoustic instruments and recorded. I think even a person with substantial hearing loss would have no problem either.

sdrsdrsdr March 05, 2013 21:23