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MCS System

bd1886 said:
I picked up a pair of those...not even close and did gift those as fast as I could. The best speaks with my MCS so far has been a pair of rare Infinite Slope 1s'....they tame each other to the 9s'.
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I haven't ever had a good pair of speakers so I may be in for a surprise when I do find some. Well I do have a pair of Acoustic Research AR9s that I picked up a few weeks ago but they need foam and unfortunately the MCS amp won't be able to drive them.
 
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AR9s'? Fix them and then come back to ask what rig to get!

For me it would probably mean a decidedly cleaner and forward sounding rig like Onkyo,Yamaha,Luxman and possibly Pioneer. (The things step into an "all arounder" territory that handles clearer/forward impeccably and heard them with a big Luxman just this week.) If I owned a pair I'd be putting them up against my two main sets of all arounders so fast it would make your head spin.
 
If that MCS amp is what I think it is, they are excellent integrateds. For the price you paid you did extremely well!!

I don't see why you don't think it won't drive the AR9s. You need to try this combination out first before you think it won't - if I recall right those MCS rebadged NEC amps are dual mono and high current (although I'm not sure about the high current bit). I'd be surprised if it didn't drive them well!
 
canuckaudiog said:
If that MCS amp is what I think it is, they are excellent integrateds. For the price you paid you did extremely well!!

I don't see why you don't think it won't drive the AR9s. You need to try this combination out first before you think it won't - if I recall right those MCS rebadged NEC amps are dual mono and high current (although I'm not sure about the high current bit). I'd be surprised if it didn't drive them well!
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My impression so far of this amp and tuner are excellent beyond my expectations.

When I first bought the AR9s I started a thread on AK about running them with my Pioneer SX-1050. Most people said that the 120 watts per channel wasn't enough to power them and I would wind up blowing the tweeters and possibly frying my receiver. One poster stated that he blew his tweeter with a Pioneer SX-1250. Bi-amping was recommended. The tweeters go north of $100 each so they have me nervous about trying a lower watt amp with them.

I'll readily admit that I know next to nothing about a hobby that I have just started.
 
I'd sure love to see this set-up, believe it or not I think you set the bar pretty high with this system despite the modest cost. Great score for sure! MCS is nice stuff!
 
scott1019 said:
I'd sure love to see this set-up, believe it or not I think you set the bar pretty high with this system despite the modest cost. Great score for sure! MCS is nice stuff!
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Thanks Scott. I still don't have it all squared away but here are some photos.








 
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