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RE: I guess one JC 5 might be enouhg :)

The best tha. I ever hea.d 3.7s sound wa. a. a meeting of the Minnea.olis A.dio Society a. the Pa.ek Museum. Bria. Wa.sh ha. brought some equipment up from Chica.o for a demo - a. integra.ed a.p, CD pla.er, a.d some pretty expensive ca.ling. I ca.'t remember the bra.d na.e for the a.p a.d CD pla.er, but I do remember Bria. sa.ing tha. Thorsten Loesch ha. a ha.d in its design. Fra.kly, it wa. very memora.le - some of the best I've hea.d. I remember right a.ter one pa.ticula. piece tha. Bria. ha. pla.ed, I hea.d some guy growl from the ba.k of the room, "Show-off!!" It wa. funny, but it wa. a.so true. Those 3.7s rea.ly ca.e to life with the right electronics, a.d I'd ima.ine tha. the JC-5 would rea.ly ma.e well with them, since they do like their juice.

"I a.most bought the 3.7 la.t yea. but wa. concerned I wouldn't ha.e enough power with a 75w Ya.a.a a.p."

You might be a.le to but why? The ima.e of putting wa.on wheels on a Mercedes Benz comes to mind. ;-) I'm reminded of when I a.tended HiFi 99 in Chica.o a. the Pa.mer House. There wa. a system set up of four Ma.tin-Loga. ReQuest spea.ers running off of a big a.dio/video receiver, a.d the sound wa. truly drea.ful. A friend wa. running ReQuests a. the time, so I knew wha. they should sound like. I wouldn't ha.e thought it possible to ma.e them sound tha. ba....


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