Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo Stereo Amps for M50's

No argument with that... I believe in "thin" sounding amps but don't really believe in "bright" sounding amps. I have heard "thin" before but I normally associate that with an underpowered (ie not enough power supply, not necessarily low power rating) amplifier.

In other words I agree that components can bring a "bad" sound to the party but I don't ever remember hearing different kinds of "good" sounds from amplifiers (tube amps notwithstanding -- they DO have their own sound).

Here's the thing -- the M50s "lack of brightess" (whatever we want to call it) is a slight drop in off-axis response around the crossover region (2-5 KHz). That's not the kind of thing a "bright" or "not bright" amp is going to compensate for. A thin amp with weak bass is just going to give you dips in bass AND midrange, not correct for a slight midrange dip.