Advice from apartment dwellers


Looking for speaker /amp / acoustic treatment recommendations and insights for listening at lower volumes in an NYC apartment. I listen mostly to jazz, classical, and world music, with an occasional foray into rock. Sources are a Scillia-modded AR turntable and an Oppo 105. Not really interested in headfi.

Any insights appreciated ~ thanks!
mdemaio

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Definitely your building’s construction will dictate. I’m in a co-op built in 1960 and the sound isolation is terrible (as is every other NYC post war building I’ve been in). They were throwing these buildings up as fast as possible and after a couple of renovations of my current place - that lack of quality was seen first hand.

Anyway, I’ve tried all kinds of systems and I ended up with a simple system based around a pair of Harbeths. They’re designed to be the best low-level listening speakers for all day listening. Depending on your room size, a pair of Harbeths with an integrated with some juice - something like an NAD 375 and you’ll have a versatile, great sounding system with your current sources...