Anyone have Coincident Frankenstein amps?

Don't need more power. As the Franks have broken in some, they've really cleaned up all the way around. It's tough to overdrive them with the speakers I have....just sound great, and they play plenty loud with efficient speakers.

Hi Montejay,

I've read your review on statement linestage and seen your picture of your system, you certainly have my envy of owning the PR extreme!!!

No, I've not tried pairing with statement linestage. I have no doubt about the excellency of the statement linestage and would love to hear the linestage with Franks or Dragons. But the cost of owning both Statement preamp and franks is prohibitive at this point. I'm using Promitheus Audio tvc passive preamp with my Franks before and now a pair of Dragons. My music preference is classical symphony and movies, jazz and oldies are seconds....yes, movies on the Franks!! Surprisingly, movies still sound very good, never feel slow or out of steam...but 8W simply couldn't create the drama i'm craving for, and why would anybody use Franks for home theatre??? Yes, you'll find there's crazy people who does crazy things all the time....hence, the move to Dragons. :)

My next project is upgrading my Triumph Extreme Mk2 to a Coincident floorstander....

Hi Tony,
Unless you`re just determined to blow out your ear drums I`ve felt that with your very efficient Zu speakers the Frankenstein would provide all the high volume one could want. My speakers are 94db(4 to 5 db less than yours) and in my resonably large space I can produce more sound pressure than I`ll ever need. In fact I`m having the gain in my Statement linestage reduced by Israel as 20db is far more than my system needs. Lastly tony, welcome to the Frankenstein owner club

You were right on, Charles. I've since let the MastersounD out on loaner duty to Zu Audio. They'll take good care of it, but I don't think I'm missing too much. Pairing the Franks with a nice analog front end is simply intoxicating. Haven't listened to a CD in weeks now. Would love to hear the Statement Linestage. Supposed to be a great match for the Frankensteins. Wanna swap for a bit, EAR for Statement? LOL! Only problem is, I'd lose my phono stage if I did that.....

Hello Tony,
That`s quite an endorsment for the Franks from someone who owned the excellent Mastersound 845 amp(I know that it was superior to your former Jeff Roland amp). It`s amusing that with your recent amp journey as you have decreased amplifier power your system`s sound quaility has improved LOL. yOU have a very good full fuction preamp in the EAR, but yes the Statement linestage/Frankenstein duo is marvelous. The linestage sonically is a clone of the sound you`re getting with the Franks, but the addition is even better dynamics,scale,sense of even more power, yet relaxation and ease. I`m glad you`re happy with these amps.