Looking to purchase CONRAD JOHNSON MF-2250 or new MF2275
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 5:13 pm
Hello,
First post here.
My name is Brett, I'm a Visual FX professional and clumsy budding audiophile who lives and works in Burbank.
I love music. It is the only thing in my life where I routinely experience something 'transcendent', 'spiritual'...holy. It can be truly magical, meditative and often an erasure of 'self'. When everything is working properly ones critical mind drops away and a merging of you and the sound occurs, wonder ensues appreciating all the incredible minute decisions made and perfect performances captured, resulting in a cohesive flowing moment whose parts fuse into a much greater whole--a boundless experience. I love it. And I wish I could convince more people to invest the time and money to bring so much beautiful music into their lives.
My room is 14x20. My goal is a system that never produces listening fatigue, has an expansive and detailed soundstage where the speakers vanish, a system that will work well with recordings from all eras and genre--from 40' and 50's big band, to 60's jazz. But my wheelhouse is progressive rock and 60's and 70's rock in general. I NEED A SYSTEM THAT MAKES PETER GABRIEL'S MUSIC LESS SIBILANT and THE BEATLES MUSIC LESS HARSH/FLAT.
I am considering a new CJ MF2275 or used MF-2250. What do you all think?
My current gear list is as follows (please no laughing):
-ModWright Oppo BDP-105 (an excellent and very versatile primary source, spatially superb, maybe a bit too syrupy, maybe a bit too slow and yes, maybe too analog for my tastes)
-Audio Technica AT-PL120 Turntable with AT440MLa cart and stylus (gotta start somewhere...ouch)
-Music Hall dac 25.3 (hardly used now that I have the Oppo)
-Integra DPC-8.5 (only changer in the world that can shuffle discs of multiple mixed hi-res formats DVD-A, HDCD, SACD)
-Emotiva USP-1 Preamp (seems to work well enough)
-Emotiva UPA-2 Amp (a bit 'choked' or heady sounding)
-JBL 4312a Control Monitors (almost perfect for 60's and 70's rock, but freakin unforgiving, tiny head-width-wide sweet spot, a midrange that is too forward, waffley but hitting bass)
-JBL 4408's and 4406's (the 4406's are a fun little speaker!)
-Yamaha YST-SW215 sub (sloppy)
To give you and idea of what I tend to listen to, my go-to digital 'test' recordings are (probably no surprises here to you guys, actually probably too 'low-brow') Jeff Buckleys Grace, Flamming Lips Soft Bulletin, Supertramps Crime of The Century MFSL Gold (amazing production!), Miles Davis Kind of Blue, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, an early Japanese pressing of Jimi Hendrix's Axis: Bold As Love, Genesis Duke and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti (second disc) and Johann David Heinichen's Dresden Concerti.
Please be in touch and thank you so much for your time.
Be well.
Best,
Brett
First post here.
My name is Brett, I'm a Visual FX professional and clumsy budding audiophile who lives and works in Burbank.
I love music. It is the only thing in my life where I routinely experience something 'transcendent', 'spiritual'...holy. It can be truly magical, meditative and often an erasure of 'self'. When everything is working properly ones critical mind drops away and a merging of you and the sound occurs, wonder ensues appreciating all the incredible minute decisions made and perfect performances captured, resulting in a cohesive flowing moment whose parts fuse into a much greater whole--a boundless experience. I love it. And I wish I could convince more people to invest the time and money to bring so much beautiful music into their lives.
My room is 14x20. My goal is a system that never produces listening fatigue, has an expansive and detailed soundstage where the speakers vanish, a system that will work well with recordings from all eras and genre--from 40' and 50's big band, to 60's jazz. But my wheelhouse is progressive rock and 60's and 70's rock in general. I NEED A SYSTEM THAT MAKES PETER GABRIEL'S MUSIC LESS SIBILANT and THE BEATLES MUSIC LESS HARSH/FLAT.
I am considering a new CJ MF2275 or used MF-2250. What do you all think?
My current gear list is as follows (please no laughing):
-ModWright Oppo BDP-105 (an excellent and very versatile primary source, spatially superb, maybe a bit too syrupy, maybe a bit too slow and yes, maybe too analog for my tastes)
-Audio Technica AT-PL120 Turntable with AT440MLa cart and stylus (gotta start somewhere...ouch)
-Music Hall dac 25.3 (hardly used now that I have the Oppo)
-Integra DPC-8.5 (only changer in the world that can shuffle discs of multiple mixed hi-res formats DVD-A, HDCD, SACD)
-Emotiva USP-1 Preamp (seems to work well enough)
-Emotiva UPA-2 Amp (a bit 'choked' or heady sounding)
-JBL 4312a Control Monitors (almost perfect for 60's and 70's rock, but freakin unforgiving, tiny head-width-wide sweet spot, a midrange that is too forward, waffley but hitting bass)
-JBL 4408's and 4406's (the 4406's are a fun little speaker!)
-Yamaha YST-SW215 sub (sloppy)
To give you and idea of what I tend to listen to, my go-to digital 'test' recordings are (probably no surprises here to you guys, actually probably too 'low-brow') Jeff Buckleys Grace, Flamming Lips Soft Bulletin, Supertramps Crime of The Century MFSL Gold (amazing production!), Miles Davis Kind of Blue, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, an early Japanese pressing of Jimi Hendrix's Axis: Bold As Love, Genesis Duke and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti (second disc) and Johann David Heinichen's Dresden Concerti.
Please be in touch and thank you so much for your time.
Be well.
Best,
Brett