Cain Abby vs Reference 3a De Capo i


Anyone compared these, ive auditioned the De capo's several times and love them, but have no way of auditioning the abbys,
assuming the abby's are close in sound quality to the De capo's they may represent better bang for your buck as they sell for about half the price on the used market, and when you factor in the cost of stands for the decapos its even less...still as i said before i havent heard the Cain's yet..

any thoughts?
mbacinello

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Good question and great comments by TLH and Gliderguider. I am pretty
much facing the same decission, and those two are exactly on my list as well.

I am considering Soliloquy 5.6/6.2 or De Capo's for regular type speakers
and the Cain Abby or Omega Super 3 with Adire subwoofer(s) in the single
driver speaker category.

I am also note sure whether an efficient allrounder like the De Capo or the
Cain Abby would be the way to go. I very much feel like experimenting a little
more with the single drivers. In particular the possibility to try different
Fostex drivers sounds very interesting. On the other hand, as Glider
mentioned, the De Capo would be more of a long term solution and quite
worth it to assemble a nice hi end system around. The Abby should be worth
a very good system as well, but ultimately might limit the type of music you
can listen to.

Well, I am very undecided as well. Hopefulle HE in NY will provide some
answers to me. I am certainly planning to give the Abby's a good listen.

Good luck on your search!

Rene
Twl, now I am curious: Has anyone here tried Lowther drivers in the Abby? I have seen the different measurements for different Fostex drivers on 6moons, but no Lowther. Did you or anyone here do a listening comparison between a Fostex w/supertweeter and Lowthers?