Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

After 7 different speakers in the last 10 years, and the last 3 months with Triton Ones, I do believe I have found my speakers for life. There is nothing they cannot do. Genre, volume, whatever. If you don't believe me, c'mon over.

ADS L300c Aluminum minis. They were $300 per pair in 1977 and followed me to school on the East Coast. They now serve duty in the garage wired to a NAD receiver and Squeezebox Duet. They are a joy.

I'm disappointed there hasn't been more ink spilled over JM Reynauds. I've had a pair of Arpeggiones for nearly 6 years. I go to T.H.E show in Newport Beach each year to listen to some exotic setups and I've never felt the itch to upgrade these speakers which only cost me 700. If anything I'll be trading up the JMR line, but everything that is said about the musicality, warmth, live-ness, and timing of these speakers I feel are true.

By the way, these speakers are paired to an amp that I will keep for life as well, my trust old Audiomat Arpege Reference integrated. 'Til the day I die.

Scott, I would have to agree with you about the Triton Ones. They really do play any genre with aplomb. Try playing some Opeth off the well recorded Ghost Reveries album on a lot of Audiophile speakers and they will fall on their ass. I don't need to limit my music selection anymore. Don't know if I will keep them for life but for the foreseeable future. They can be delicate or a real visceral experience.

Living in a New York apartment, the idea of trading into and out of speakers has not appealed to me...too much lifting, too much hassle,not enough time. About 2 1/2 years ago, I started looking for speakers to replace my Sehring S703s through all the dealers I could find in the NY/NJ area. The only speaker I heard that really blew my socks off as a major step up from Sehring was the Kaiser Kawero Classic. However, it is a really big speaker made for really big rooms, so would not work for me.

I ended up finding the distributor for Ascendo and went to hear the C8 Renaissance at Audio 202 in New Jersey. They sounded very good, but I saw in the corner of the showroom a tall, narrow speaker, the Behold Tanara. The dealer set them up for me. They were as good as the Kaisers but smaller and less pricey. They are driven by a Behold G192 integrated amp/DAC. I got a good deal on the speakers and amp, sold all my separates, so that the upgrade only cost about $10K. For the last 18 months, my setup has been awe inspiring to me and anyone who has visited to listen. These are my last speakers. For anyone in the New York who likes Coincident, Acoustic Zen, or some of the other usual candidates, go listen to a Behold system. They are either massively underappreciated, or I have a fetish for German speakers.