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| Best used speakers under $10000 Finally listened to A3 today. Will add my notes shortly. Happy new year everyone. | |
| Compact DAC + Amp Thanks guys. Tried Simaudio Moon 240i today. I think I liked the sound of Naim Atom better with Kanta 2. But on Wilson Sabrina I liked 240i better than McIntosh 252. | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 Hey guyssorry for going silent. Between the move to NYC and settling in here, last couple of months have been very hectic. So finally resumed the auditioning and tried Kanta 2 and Sabrina. To to recap what all I have tried so farIn AU1. Focal Sopr... | |
| Compact DAC + Amp Thank you. I guess other options would be Sim 240i and Rega Elex R, though their footprint becomes larger. Of the discontinued Naim models, what would be a great buy? | |
| Best used integrated for under $5000 Thank you everyone. Top two two contenders seem to be Hegel H360 and Luxman L590, followed by Accuphase and BAT. I will look into those two and may even try all 4. | |
| Best used integrated for under $5000 @DEP14 - if you look at my last post on Rick’s forum you would see that I have listed three options I am still evaluating and will make a decision post finalizing all of the auditions - used speakers - off the shelf designs by Salk or selah (t... | |
| Best used integrated for under $5000 Thank you everyone. It’s never going to be an 100% agreement on what people recommend. But seems like I was going in the right direction with Hegel. Hegel 360 is likely to be $3000-$3500 range for used vs $7000-$7500. I am pretty sure I don’t want... | |
| Best used integrated for under $5000 I was also looking at Alon Wolf’s (Magico) interview and he feels Hegel is one of the best value in Hifi. I will look at Anthem too (and maybe Parasound Halo) | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 @shoff thanks for that. I am definitely going to try Rockport Atria. I really hope beteen Sabrina, Rockport Atria and Magico S3/ A3 I like something. I have also been looking at Salk song Encore but there is no way to audition them for Axpona in A... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 @pbnaudio thanks for the link. They do look great. Though I haven’t heard of them as much as Many other direct players - Selah, Salk, vapor audio etc. | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 @toneranger58 I did look at 700i but I didn’t want a separate DAC. So I am planning to either buy Hegel 360 or Hegel 300 and use Chromecast Audio. What DAC and streamer are you using? | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 So I auditioned B&W 802D and Focal Sopra 2. The gear: it was different from the gear I auditioned previous 4 speakers (Contour 60, PMC 26, KEF Ref 5 and Paradigm 3f on). Previous gear was Rega CD player and McIntosh and Audio research integrat... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 Thank you all. Auditioning Focal Sopra 2 vs 802 D3 vs PMC Twenty5.26 tomorrow. It’s not the same dealer. Will see how it goes. I really want to like (love) one of these. After these only two I have left on my list are Wilson Sabrina and Magico A3 ... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 @ebm thanks a lot for bringing up Magico A3. I read soundstage’s impression of A3 vs Sopra 2 and really intrigued by A3. Alas there isn’t going to be great used deal for a while :) | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 So I got to audition 4 of the speakers on my list1. Dynaudio contour 602. KEF reference 53. Paradigm 3F4. PMC Twenty5.26i tried all of them with same source gear : Rega CD player and two different integrated amps - Mcintosh and Audio Research VSi7... |