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Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers

I'm going to take a several hour road trip to the Washington DC/Baltimore area to demo some speakers in the $10,000 range for a once in a lifetime purchase. I plan on listening to some Magico A3's, Aerial Acoustic 7T's, and Spendor D-9's. One of the dealers also has Paradigm Persona 3F's on the floor, so I'll take a listen to them too. While I'm up there are there any other speakers in that price range you'd recommend I try to locate and take a listen to. I'm open to and welcome your suggestions and will take the time to research each one as well.

I'm not in the market for used equipment. Thanks for any and all suggestions.

Mike



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shkong78
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I also recommend Martin Logan  Impression ESL 11A at 10,000$.

It is very attractive speaker with beautiful high and good soundstage.

If you go to its homepage, you can find dealers around Washington DC

https://www.martinlogan.com/en/dealers
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shkong78
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Even if you can not afford it right now, you shall allow 10K for amplifiers(integrated or pre- power combo) another 10k for front end (digital player or transport and dac combo or turntable) to get the best of 10k speakers.

If other equipment cost more than 10K, then you may ask dealer to scale down below 10K.
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shkong78
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Congratulation on getting Magico A3.

It could be speaker for your life.

Since it is back-ordered, you have plenty of time to get the amplifier.

One nice starting point is Rogue Cronus Magnum II with tube 100w power.

With some tube rolling it is very good for the price.

I had been happy to use it with my Lansche 4.1 speaker for 6 years.

Good Luck!

Thomas
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