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Tom.......Your Marantz MA9S2 amplifiers are beauties. I can see why you are proud of them and don't plan to swap them for anything.
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Well, you did.
Thankfully, I finally listened And now I'm enjoying audio bliss
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You can thank me later PS- Dan, how'd I do at my first attempt at "AA harassment school?"
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How loud do you usually listen ? What kind of music do you listen to ? What are your room dimensions ? The Salons can certainly "Use" the extra power if its available , but I still think your Marantz amps are up to the challenge !! As I've said before,there is no other speaker that can touch the Salon2's for the money spent, and I highly recommend you go and listen to them. If you have any other questions, feel free !!! Mark |
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Your MA9S2 amplifiers are rated at 600w/4ohms and can supply current peaks of 150 amps. I would not be as worried with the Salon's sensativity as much as the lowest impedence. If you over drive the amps they will shut-down and go into protect mode, I've seen this with electrostatics that dip below 2 ohms and no harm was done. Just how loud do you want to listen ?
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Go to Marantz's web-site and read all the reviews for the MA9S2's, I think one of them used the Salon's. You will need to do a search for the MA9S2 since it is no longer listed as current product. Remember what you discovered when you replaced the 402, the MA9S2's outperformed the 402 in bass punch and control. Although the 452 is a huge improvement over the 402 it is an Autoformer based amp. It will never approach the current drive (capability) of your MA9S2 which has much lower output impedence (aprox. 0.01 ohms).
It is nonsense (unrealistic) to compare your amp to one which will output 1.2kw, four time the power.
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interested to see how this turns out for you tom. I have B&W 800d, not particularly efficient speakers either. I'm thinking about upgrading from my current Rotel 200w/channel amp and the Marantz monoblocks are at the top of the list. Have heard Mcintosh and thought it was too flabby and the bass muddled. If I can find a pair of the Marantz I will likely pull the trigger....I just find it hard to believe that 600w/4ohms high quality power is not enough, even for inefficient speakers like the Salons or the 800d.
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I've had the Salon 2s for 2 yrs. Originally, I drove them with an Anthem amp producing 225 w/ch and I was dissappointed with the purchase. I decided to upgrade the electronics and moved to ARC including a 450 w/ch class D amp - wow, a significant improvement. The speakers sing with good quality gear. My room is 19X16x10.
I've heard them with ML 300 w/ch and they sound nice. While the Salon 2s love power, quality makes a bigger difference than the number of watts.
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