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I do use a Chi-fi Amp myself with my new CW4's. I had Heresey's before on the same Amp. The Amp is a Cayin MT34, which is tested and set up in Germany by Cayin Europe before delivery. They do this on all Amps, so the price is slightly higher. With the CW4 I just cant imagine to get it any better and I do not have the urge to try at all. It is just so damn perfect. The Cayin has no noises at all, dead quiet even with my turntable. Real good quality with manual point to point soldering. Friends of mine have Mcintosh Pre and Poweramp with expensive speakers and everything cost five times as much as the Cayin with CW's. I would not trade at all period. My system sounds much better. My CW's still improve after over 200 hours of playback, incredible. The rest of my setup is a RME DAC feeded by a Roon Bridge with Vitos (highly recommended)on a Raspberry Pi4. Turntable is a Thorens 124 with Ortofon #1 on a SME 3009 to a SUT to MM Phono Stage DS2 Pro-ject. Cables are Kimber on Speakers and a Kimber Silverstreak between DAC and Amp and Mogami Golden for the TT connections. Soundwise everything is so clean, never harsh, separated instruments, clean and detailed voices, homogenic presentation over all and wide soundstage. The CW's are placed close to the wall. I do not use the word warm here as it is kind of a mix of modern SS precision and tube sound, what I really like. The reason is, I do like vintage Jazz as much as Rock like Led Zeppelin as much as contemporary stuff. With the DSP on the RME Dac I can handle my difficult room with an ease. Gesendet von iPad mit Tapatalk

I had a hybrid Magnat with more power before the Cayin, same price range, I do not want to go back. I am more into relaxed listener but sometimes I like it loud too but with keeping the musicality. So I went the other way instead of buying like a 5k Yamaha 3000 to get what I want, I went for the Cornwalls and kept the Cayin. The CWs are filling my room with music whereby the Heresey did bring the music into the room. I would have to force them too much in this case. My experience now is that it sounds loud, even when I play at low volumes. Neighbours are happy Gesendet von iPad mit Tapatalk

I have a Cayin 34 with 32 Watts and I had Hereseys before my CW and both can be cranked without any Problems, so I think with the Primaluna you have enough power to play loud and the Primaluna is really a good amp too. No need for an SS IMHO. Those speakers are just perfect for Tubes. Gesendet von iPad mit Tapatalk

Running my lll's with a Cayin MT34 with 2x32 watts in a larger room and the volume knob does not go over 1/3rd and they easily fill the room. For the lows I am using a super small B&W 608 sub in a decent way so I do not realize a sub is there and running. Works perfect! I know it is not the subject here but I read about a sub can take away the magic of the Hereseys but thats totally not the fact with the experience I made. It makes them complete in every way. Btw the Cayin is dead quiet, even no plop or whatever when turning on. Gesendet von iPad mit Tapatalk

Hi No need to apalogize thanks for your comment! Hope you'll find some good priced ones.

Hello, I am new here and I just read that topic and wanted to share my experience. I was looking for a good solution myself and came across some used Eames LTR sidetables. They have the perfect size for the H3 and the height is perfect too. Ok sure they are more expensive then DIY but used you get them cheap. They do not carry any vibrations due to the crossed metalfeet. I places some rubber feet between the floor and metalframe wich are used for cable management usually. One thing is true, the bass diminishes but I knew that and it was my intention. I wanted to use a Sub but the H3 goes deep in my room so I wanted a flawless mix of a Sub to the H3. I bought the B&W 608 and it is a perfect match for a 2.1 with the H3 but only on Stands. Just the perfect integration for a nice deep bass but very subtle and in perfect harmony. Gesendet von iPad mit Tapatalk