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Vandersteen 2Ce Signature II speakers, Carver TFM-35x amp and CT-23 Pre-amp/tuner, Rega Planet 2000, Technics 1100A turntable with a Denon DL-160 cartridge.  Also, a Technics SA-500 and Polk Monitor 7B speakers.

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Thinking of giving my MAC-1500 receiver a chance to power the Vandersteens. 
 

I’ll report back. 

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Previous owner sent it to Audio Classics where Richard Modafferi worked his magic on it.  

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On 7/17/2023 at 7:33 AM, ctsooner said:

I had the original Polk 10B with dedicate stands and speaker cable. I loved those with Roberson amp and CJ pre amp. 

First pair of loudspeakers I bought was the original Polk Monitor 10s with silk dome tweeters. I used them with a Carver M200t amp, Hafler Pre, and Thorens turntable. I eventually sold everything and moved up to a PS Audio IVH and Acoustat TNT120, SOTA Sapphire and Vandersteen 2Cs. I pretty much ran each piece to the ground because I enjoyed them so much. Exceptions are my SOTA which still works reliably. I gave my 2Cs to a friend when I acquired my 2CE Sig IIIs. They were still in great working order.

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….. i also used the larger Moscode amps.  Bought it all at Stereo Unlimited along with Star Lambda with portable amp set up (that was my hi fi on the ship along with the first ever Sony 501ES CD player. 

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Trying out my old Parasound equipment. IMG_7953.thumb.jpeg.f76f4230989de7a9ca52b4f2d0d36544.jpeg
 

I’m the original owner, bought it in the late 90s. 

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I'm liking the Parasound gear. A high damping factor (>800 at 20 hz.) really controls the 4 woofers better than my Carver.

The Pre-amp is all Class A topology.  No caps in the signal path of the pre-amp or the power amp. 

John Curl designed the HCA-1000A with very similar topology to the Mark Levinson ML-2,

which he did many decades ago.    High biased ClassA/AB operation.    

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31 minutes ago, ctsooner said:

Just curious if their gear is zero feedback design. 

As far as I know, it's not.  

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19 hours ago, ctsooner said:

Just curious if their gear is zero feedback design. 

For the price of clean used ones, give it a try. ($200-300.)

You will be surprised!!

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