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From: mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan)
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Subject: Re: Suggestions for a Novice?
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Date: 19 Nov 90 13:53:44 GMT
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I think you can do much better than Carver equipment. The Kefs have a great
deal of midrange, and can be a little fat in the bass. What you need, then
is an amplifier with the kind of bass control that the Carver's aren't
really capable of. Conrad-Johnson has an entry-level solid state division
called Sonographe. The amp and preamp sound much cleaner than most in their
price range ($1000 amp; $700 preamp). The amp offers tremendous bass control,
and a very open-sounding top end. The preamp helps there, too. 

Also, the Kefs are plenty efficient. The Sonographe's 120wpc would be
perfect. In our store, that's what we run our 104s with. However, my 
Denon 2560 is on the Kef 105s with the Adcom GFA-565s. I use a 1560 with
the 104s. 

sorry if I babble.

MikeC