I’ve had my M700s and the Stellar GCD for 2 weeks. Gets better every day!
I was prepared for big changes, and I got ‘em. I was not prepared for the sheer magnificence of the sound—the sound stage is bigger, wider, higher, deeper. Instruments no longer overlap. Details are amazing—strings sound like strings (and not like silent teflon) when they are stroked, plucked or fingered; drums sound musical, rather than as a noise. There is a transparency and a richness to everything. It’s like I have had the wax taken out of my ears and the singers have removed their Covid masks! Orchestras have come out from behind the curtain. I should add a note about bass: I currently have some rather polite and introverted Wharfedale 9.6 speakers. With my NAD, bass was distant and mushy. So far with the Stellars bass is crisp and detailed and in a few cases felt. Very noticeable in jazz and also with piano solos.
Yesterday I spent some time moving my current speakers to better accommodate the enhanced sound stage. An inch+ out on each side, and a couple of inches forward made all the difference. No toe in now and I’m seeing real improvements in the detail across musical genres—Bartok sounds musical for the first time, Jerry Jeff Walker fills the room, as do any number of bluegrass groups.
I’ll report back in 2-3 more weeks, and again in late May/Early June, when my Maggie LRS’s get here.
These amps are AMAZING!
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