In case you missed it, the Rams won and I missed the halftime show.
I kept thinking the boob tube system could sound better but I wasn't sure if the speakers were good enough: MMG, CC5, MMG-Ws but I've been screwing with it for the past 9 months.
I finally got it by going with some Odyssey amps: a Khatargo stereo, a Khatargo mono and a Stratos which is much larger than I had anticipated.
Are these amps overkill?
Yes.
Because things FINALLY sound really good I added a Rega Apollo-R CD player and will use the Oppo BDP-103 for movies.
Other equipment is an AVA Avastar preamp, an old Sherwood tube tuner, an AVA Humdinger, an APC H-15 power conditioner and an old SVS subwoofer whose plate amp died so I turned it into a passive and use an external Dayton plate amp.
Spent more than I wanted to but it finally sounds the way I want it to.
Thrilling update: the boob tube system now has a Rega Saturn, the Apollo-R went back to the LRS system.
The Saturn just had too much bass output for that small room but it works just fine in the living room.
