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Best speaker/system piano concerts

Hi,

I enjoy many type of music but am a big fan of piano concerts. I’ve been to Hifi shows before but often find the music that they are playing not to my taste. 

Does anyone have recommendations for a speaker and amplifier that would be great to reproduce big piano plays realistically? I don’t think it’s easy for a system to have the speed and weight that the piano produces.

Would say speakers that are around 20-25k second hand and amps of 10-15k used

Looking forward to your suggestions.


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May be wrong but I happen to agree as I hear issues with these drivers.
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ATC. The founder and owner is an engineer and jazz pianist. Realistic piano was a major goal of their speakers. Up until the time ATC got going, the Quad EL 57 was the most realistic sounding speaker for everything but it lacked bass, dynamic range and high enough SPL output.

ATC 150ASL should be on your audition list or just buy them unheard and you are done. Diana Krall uses ATC. You don’t need a power amp as they are active. There is a mint pair for sale currently in UK for just under 10,000 GBP. There is no doubt that these will do piano realistically (and everything else).
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