Experiences with 803S and Accuphase E405?

[Chatterbot]

Hello Forum,

I´m rather newish here but I´m lurking since approximately 15 months.
Also I´m from Germany, so please forgive my average English ops:

May I begin with some experience I´ve made shortly:

As a 803s/805s/HTM3S/ASW825-owner, which are currently driven by
a Denon 2805 (used as "pre") and Rotel RMB1075 (5-ch-power-amp),
I´ve been at my hifi-dealer some days ago to find out what high-end-amplifier
would satisfy my needs for a better stereo-performance.

I´ve been hearing
- Accuphase E308
- T&A V10
- Classé CAP2100

My experiences:
Because I´m listening mostly to all kind of electronic-music, I´ve been concentrating
to the bass-performance in general.

And the Accuphase did everything just right. Drums have been kicking and
were rather dry, just as it should be.

The T&A was not my kind of amp when it comes to kicking drums. The bass
was rather blurry.

The Classé is really a great looking amp, with all the technical whistles and
touchscreen and what not. 8O
But the bass was more then it should be, everything in the listening-room
was vibrating, which did not happen with the other two amps.

So, my decision was: Accuphase.

The only problem I have now: The price 8O
It´s more than I´m willing to afford right now.


Now my question:
Does anybody have made some experiences with some "older" Accuphase-models,
like E305, E405 on B&W-speakers?

Is the bass-control of the older models comparable with the rather newish
E308?

The E308 is called rather "analytic" and what I´ve heard the E405 should be
more "warm". Is this true? Do they sound completely different?


Any help would be appreciated,

Cheers from Germany,
Guenther

[Pedro]

Hello Guenther,

What kind of music do you listen more????

I am surprise that the bass response of Classe CAP2100 was bigger

[Chatterbot]

Hi Pedro,

music-wise I´m liking minimal techno, and dub-style.
Chris Fortier, Richie Hawtin and some Massive Attack is good also.
Everything with bass, but when vistiors show up, I´m also putting
some Marla Glen, Katie Melua or Norah Jones in.

But the focal point is electronic music ops:

You´d be surprised what kind of music is called "electronic".
I´d suggest listening to the first two discs of "Balance 10 - Jimmy van M"

http://www.amazon.com/Balance-010-Jimmy-Van-M/dp/B000IFSGDK

Regarding the "heavy bass" of the Classé:
The dealer said, that the impression between Accuphase and Classé
could be inverted in my own room. Have to check it out. If only the dealer´s
location would not be so far away...

Cheers,
Guenther

[Pedro]

well i see you are very satisfied with 803S being a bass-freak, and that´s good

I own 803D and they rock a lot too

[Chatterbot]

...nevermind my first question...

The world has a new Accuphase E308-owner... :T

:nos:

Cheers,
Guenther