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A very satisfying system that doesn't often need the REL sub. The Mani-2s do go quite deep on their own. Best upgrade now is to install an APS-13 outdoor FM antenna on a rotor to feed the Model 1. The tuner is quite good from an RF standpoint and especially so from an audio point of view. The local University of TN station is uncompressed and a good clean signal with a clean pip. It's a great signal. Listening to a live broadcast of the organ in the Fox theater in Atlanta is something to behold.

If I do upgrade, the Mani-2s will move to the HT system and a pair of Sonus Faber Cremona Auditors will take their place. Then the REL will have something to do.
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    • McIntosh C-15
    Clean and dynamic. Superb build quality.
    • Sequerra Model 1
    S/N 1065
    • McIntosh MR-80
    McIntosh MR-80 Tuner
    • Musical Fidelity Musical Fidelity TRIVISTA-21 DAC
    Uses the Nuvistor tube (two per channel) and upsamples. Awesome DAC.
    • McIntosh MC-252
    2004 Model
    • Totem Acoustics Totem Mani-2
    Full range 4-ohm speakers
    • REL Acoustics Stadium mkII
    The Mark III version performs HT and 2-ch duties very well.
    • Sony CDP-CX250
    200 disk changer with optical output feeding TRIVISTA-21 DAC

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Looks like a nicely sorted system to me! I would love to hear it. How does the Mc tuner compare to the Model 1? Arthur

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