at the end.... I changed everything...
I had old tannoy Cheviot speakers from 1976... and had the opportunity to buy two BW 802 Diamond 2's....
sold at a good price my Tannoys I brought home two black MONSTERS with a Yellow eye.
But.
suddenly the 275s were no longer adequate.
some of the music was sending the 275s into crisis!
... and they would come off on their own ( those who have them must have had the red tube LEDs flashing intermittently).
I tried modifying the sound so as not to stress the two amps too much, which although in mono (175 Watt nominal) did not give enough Power.
At the same time I had found a used Mcintosh Mq112 equalizer.
I tried with the ADI 2 FS Dac to modify the EQ curves ... and with the MQ 112 to modify some frequencies so as not to put too much stress on the two small tube amps ...... but to almost no effect.
I wanted to keep them because I really liked
but certain orchestral planes, which I would have liked to hear now with the BWs ... some Dire Straits music and especially this track:
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were sending the 275s into crisis.
I decided to sell them in partial purchase and buy a 462.
long story short... arrived yesterday.
I think this is the best my finances can give me right now.
all used, except the 462 that might last me a few decades given the power.
the 462 and especially the BWs have a very very nice 3D effect and soundstage space.
not if it´s just psychology but it seemed to me that the 275s gave a different naturalness--softer, which the 462 pushes and pushes and pushes with a more analytical force.
But I´m not an expert and I´m highly swayed by what I read around.. so... take my words “Cum grano salis”
all The Best!
Maurizio from Munich.