Dear Forum, i am just a simple man that has finally bought a 2nd hand real audiophile stereo amp.
My actual journey began 9 years ago when i bought my first and only AVR (Onkyo TXSR308). I went on to purchase a pair of Wharfedale 9.1 as my main stereo speakers plus a subwoofer a center (Mordaunt Short C something) and 2 satellite speakers for the rear. I was happy back then and was enjoying the 5.1 goodness.
As years went by i gradually stopped doing the surround thing ( got married and other stuff) so no WAF for a 5.1 system, and slowly got into Stereo Listening. So what i did was use the AVR in Stereo mode with the 9.1s. I was happy wasn't really listening much until last year when the pandemic hit. it was just a nice music system in the living room for entertainment and movies.
4 months ago things changed: i started watching all these speaker placement tutorials and realized that i was listening in a non optimized way. I optimized that and then i started looking at 2nd hand stereo amps. To be honest my train of thought was let me spend a bit of money to see what the fuss is all about. I always thought that my 75W/channel Onkyo was more than enough ( which they were) and that the sound from the Onkyo AVR +9.1s was good. AND THEN i got today the new stereo amp: a 2nd hand well kept NAD C320BEE (for £90 delivery included). BOY I WAS MISSING OUT ON STUFF!!!
I have been listening for 2.5 hrs now and i am totally blown away. Let me re state that i was highly skeptical about all these people on audiophile forums and etc that were bashing the AVRs in stereo mode. I thought it was just old men with confirmation biases. I WAS WRONG, So wrong... The NAD makes my 9.1s sound like a different set of speakers, the dynamic range/the powerful sound that comes through them now, the low frequency bass that i actually barely heard before with the AVR... the control in the lows and mids...simply mind-blowing. Also perhaps this is a NAD thing, but it feels like the space between instrument on sound stage is somehow filled with sound and reverbs.... but overall that punchy control bass and some sort of smoothness!!! and how every instrument sound like an actual instrument... Even my wife says that she can definitely tell the sound is better.
I just wanted to share my amazement and happiness with you lot.
My actual journey began 9 years ago when i bought my first and only AVR (Onkyo TXSR308). I went on to purchase a pair of Wharfedale 9.1 as my main stereo speakers plus a subwoofer a center (Mordaunt Short C something) and 2 satellite speakers for the rear. I was happy back then and was enjoying the 5.1 goodness.
As years went by i gradually stopped doing the surround thing ( got married and other stuff) so no WAF for a 5.1 system, and slowly got into Stereo Listening. So what i did was use the AVR in Stereo mode with the 9.1s. I was happy wasn't really listening much until last year when the pandemic hit. it was just a nice music system in the living room for entertainment and movies.
4 months ago things changed: i started watching all these speaker placement tutorials and realized that i was listening in a non optimized way. I optimized that and then i started looking at 2nd hand stereo amps. To be honest my train of thought was let me spend a bit of money to see what the fuss is all about. I always thought that my 75W/channel Onkyo was more than enough ( which they were) and that the sound from the Onkyo AVR +9.1s was good. AND THEN i got today the new stereo amp: a 2nd hand well kept NAD C320BEE (for £90 delivery included). BOY I WAS MISSING OUT ON STUFF!!!
I have been listening for 2.5 hrs now and i am totally blown away. Let me re state that i was highly skeptical about all these people on audiophile forums and etc that were bashing the AVRs in stereo mode. I thought it was just old men with confirmation biases. I WAS WRONG, So wrong... The NAD makes my 9.1s sound like a different set of speakers, the dynamic range/the powerful sound that comes through them now, the low frequency bass that i actually barely heard before with the AVR... the control in the lows and mids...simply mind-blowing. Also perhaps this is a NAD thing, but it feels like the space between instrument on sound stage is somehow filled with sound and reverbs.... but overall that punchy control bass and some sort of smoothness!!! and how every instrument sound like an actual instrument... Even my wife says that she can definitely tell the sound is better.
I just wanted to share my amazement and happiness with you lot.