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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



skyscraper
inna
5,245 posts
 
He can start making his new amp work right away - he's got speakers and cd player. 
skyscraper OP
219 posts
 
Thanks Glupson,. Your post was a pleasure to read. Like you, I do like the retro looks of the Luxman. And who wouldn’t love those big old VU meters. The Luxmans are solidly constructed as well. The quality control is obvious inside and out and bodes well for how well the Luxman should stand up over time. The aluminum clad Magico’s looked solid as a rock too. Which Luxman amp do you have?

You were exactly right about streaming only audio stores. They must be doing well to afford to turn away analog fans.

I can’t wait until February either to hook those Magico’s up either. Gives me something to look forward to.

Please feel free to chime in on my other thread. I need to be enlightened on modern audio cables, where that thread on amps has ended up landing. I’ve been sorry to discover my retro zip cords just aren’t cutting it anymore. Take care,

Inna, you are correct, My old Dahlquist DQ10’s will get a few months of high quality input, before they’re supplanted.

Mike







skyscraper OP
219 posts
 
Inna I read a Stereophile review of the LAST record preservative. Very interesting. About how many records can you treat with one bottle of LAST? Music Direct claims you can clean 80-90 albums with one bottle, but they sell three different size bottles and don't specify which one they're referring to.

Mike
inna
5,245 posts
 
Mike, I think I got 60 records or so out of the smallest bottle.
omarghaffar
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Congrats, skyscraper. I have A3’s on order, too. I’m pairing them with Odyssey Khartago monoblocks and a Rogue tube preamp for a bit of analog magic. Sources are a Clearaudio Concept turntable through a Musical Surroundings Nova ii and a Bluesound Node through an Arcam irDAC. My rig already sounds great to my ears, and I suspect the A3’s will be spectacular. 
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