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No, no, i don t want to have wet feet.

Yes, it's true. We had understood that we had to be very sporty to do this national park. We are a little old (60 and 65 years old), a lot of hikes not that simple as that. Isn't it true ? If there is easy hikes, perhaps we could go to Zion this time. I think, it's the last time in our life that we will come to west America. It's very expensive for us to go so far from home (over 30 hours flight - something like 2 days trip to arrive from our little island in Indian Ocean and the same on the back trip) If you think we can make easy hike, so we will go to Zion. Are there any hikes to do in the water?

Merci pour votre message .. oui, j'ai vu cette offre d'hébergement - à retenir oui mais les tarifs ont explosé depuis 2017. Ex : Yellowstone Motel Ho 240-250€ la nuit contre 100€ en 2017, idem du côté de Capitol reef .. Là, pour mai-juin 2025, on est à plus de 200€ la nuit hors taxes (vu sur Booking). Nous avions aussi un motel prévu en 2019 pour notre voyage 2020 (annulé à cause du covid, grrr) à Torrey - Austin's Chuckwagon Motel (Utah) à moins de 100$ la nuit, c'est à plus de 220$ maintenant. Nous allons venir pour env 1 mois. Il va nous falloir trouver des hébergements meilleur marché mais pas pourris quand même ..pour ne pas exploser le budget. translation : Thank you for your message. I have seen this accomodation. Perhaps a good idea. yes but the prices have exploded since 2017. For example : Yellowstone Motel Ho 240-250€ per night compared to 100€ in 2017, the same on the Capitol reef side.. There, for May-June 2025, we are at more than 200€ per night. tax-free night (seen on Booking). We also had a motel planned in 2019 for our 2020 trip (canceled due to covid, sad) in Torrey - Austin's Chuckwagon Motel (Utah) for less than $100 a night, it's over $220 now. We will stay about 1 month during May-June 2025. So we have to find cheap (but not bad nor ugly) motels/hotels - accomodations

i finally received it in march because of the problems in the Suez canal .. I must say that it sounds very good with the CW IV. I enjoy my McIntosh amp .. If i had more money, perhaps i would buy a bigger one but, even if it's not very necesserely, just to have a more impressive Mc amp 😜

A few months ago, my MA7200 McIntosh amplifier arrived, and some days later it began to sound preatty good. Since this times, i have bought a Audioquest sector filter to clean the 220 volts power, an Eversolo DMP-A8 streamer .. and all this makes good sound. It exists better but for the money i can put in my sound system, it sounds pretty good to my ears (old ears 😏) . Have a nice sunday. It's already sunday 21th of july 11h32 am in my country

Finally, i delayed my trip one year later .. I made my road trip this year, from may, 26th to June, 19th. And i must say, you have a very very beautiful country. I landed at LAX TBIT, then drove to Las Vegas and then began my road trip to Bryce Canyon, Moab thru scenic route 12, crossing Capitole Reef, Gobblin's state park, visiting Arches NP, Canyonlands (island in the sky), Dead horse point SP, Gooseneck NP, Monument Valley, Page and its Lake Powell, Antelope Canyon, Flagstaff, Williams, Sedona, Grand Canyon with a helicopter overflight ... Seligman, Oatman, a night in Parhump just to drive thru Death Valley early in the morning because of the hotness. Mono Lake, a night in Mammoth Lake to cross Yosemites (tioga road that just reopened the previous monday). It's all marvellous, amazing country. You must be happy to live in such a nice country. The end of the trip was, San Francisco, Sacramento, Sonoma ( very bad fire in the Napa Valley ), the i would have like to take the Cabrillo highway to reach Los Angeles for our return flight, but the One coastal road is not fully opened. On my last road trip in west America in 2017, i could'nt take the one because of broken road. It was the same this year near Bigsur. The best part of this highway closed .. So, return on our little island in the indian ocean, we want to come again in USA next year (may-june 2025), to see what we could not see this year because of not enough time. But since my road trip in 2017, i have seen that everything is much more expensive yet than before in USA. Hotels, motels, rent cars and food is much more expensive than before. We have taken our flights for next year and now we ara planning your trip. We want to take more time near Capitol Reef, go back to Moab that we have really loved, perhaps Yellowstone .. Again in the other county of Canyonlands (perhaps needles), perhaps north rim of Grand Canyon. We perhaps will also take more time in Arizona. I can also say, we have met nice and very lovely people. If only we could have so nice people around us. If you know nice place to visit, also good and not too expensive motels, hotels, rooms to hire (rent) near Capitol reef, Yellowstone, Moab .. let me know You really live in an amazing country .. Best regards and sorry for my bad american speaking (writing) .. i have to learn more and better your language ..

you know what, i will let my McIntosh amplifier arrive and plug it to the 220 volts sector, and connect the speakers, and then listen to what he has in the body ...

And perhaps the damping factor of ma7200 is not very high due to the autoformers, don't you think so ?

Do you think it will be a big problem with CW IV speakers. I have also read that the damping factor was not high on this McIntosh amp and that to handle bass frequencies, it is better if the poweramp has a higher damping factor.

Sometimes it's not because it is beautiful that it sounds good 😜

Please, no fight .. I only asked what amp for my CW IV. I have tried some, and each are different .. Valve amp or SS. It's a reality that our klipsch speakers do not need much power (because of a high efficiency) but sometimes, woofer (15 inch) need a little more power that some tubes (valves) can give. It's my opinion. I have tried SE 300B amp, push Pull EL34, those amp i have are not enough powered or better said, do not go to wide in the bass frequencies .. My integrated amp Audio Analogue Maestro Grand integre drive the CW iV much better. If i ordered a McIntosh MA7200, it's also to see the two big blue eyes and to test my first McIntosh .. I have listen here and there that Mc amps work fine with Klipsch speaker. I think, it can't be so much people that make bad experience with Mc Amps .. they are not all liers .. But please, no fight. Everybody has it's own ears .. and we do not all like the same sounds .. Someone i know has CW III with Air Tight tube amp, and another with KT88 Jolida, and it sound very good ..

it will come by ship (it's too expensive by plane because too heavy). the dealer had only one left, i ordered one hour too late, he has to import one other for me.

From France. I will get it in two month if not delayed. It will arrive near christmas day

yes i have some amps ... collected during a few years (over 40 years). I also have Proton AA2120, Hiraga 8W class A Monster (DIY), Yves Cochet AL2 (EL34 PP - a french tube (or valve i do not know how you call it) amp maker). I tried Topping D Class amp, a little Musical Fidelity, a SAE 2200 power amp, a very old NAD 1020 preamp and some more. Over 40 years of trying to find the good sound .. In speakers, i had Onken with Iwata horn - jbl 2440 drivers, jbl 2405 tweeters, Fostex FT90h, T925, FT65, .. B&C drivers, Atlas sound pd-5vh when i tried to make La Scala clones, ect ect .. now i am trying to have a simple and good working hifi system .. with Cornwall IV speakers, McIntosh amp, an old Sony CDP-X7ESD cd, a little Logitech squeezebox Touch streamer, a Topping dx7s dac that i will not more use when i will receive my McIntosh MA7200 amp.

i never had McIntosh amps .. it will be my first one .. and where i am living, no possibility to ear or try one in a shop near to me. So i decided to order one, and i will see or ear what it is able to reproduce sound on my Klipsch CW IV speakers ... Now, i have Hiraga 20 W Class A power amp with Kaneda preamp, or Audio Analogue Maestro Grand Intégré amp, or Vincent SP991 amp with Vincent Sa93 preamp .. or a very old 300B Pro (maison de l'audiophile) amp .. So i will check if the McIntosh is better than all the others. If not, i will have lost over 10000€, more than 11000 $ !!