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Cary SLI-80 Speakers Recommendation

Hi, Thanks in advance for your opinions.

I am a newbie to tubes, I am in the process of building a tube system. I am considering the sli-80 due to very good reviews and owners comments. Need your suggestions in term of which pair of bookshelf speakers and speaker cables mate well with the sli-80.
Previously, we have the N802 driven by rotel 1095, 1066, rega 2K. We listen to mostly female vocals; jones, krall, monheit, choi kam, lily chen. We liked it alot; but we need to downsize, the new system will be in your bedroom/smaller room. We originally have the N805, we also liked them quite a bit too.

Your suggestions/recommendations will be greatly appreciated.

Ken
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the_kid
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First off, congrats on your selection. I currently own an SLI-80 and have for quite some time. It is a wonderful integrated. I would highly suggest you take a serious look at the Merlin TSM-M's and the Reference 3A DeCapos current model. I believe it is the i. I used the Audience Cables and have had great success. Good luck to you.

Respectfully,

Chris
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the_kid
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Ken,

The 300SEI is definitely a step up but I think the SLI-80 is more flexible as it can drive a larger number of speakers. My buddy just bought one and he is bringing it over so we can try it with my speakers. We shall see. Anyway, I use a Single Wire Connection on the AU24 which I think sounds best. Even when I used it with a Bi-Wire speaker, I used a single wire connection with thier jumpers which to me sounded better than bi-wiring. There is a whole write up comparison on their home-page on why you should use a single wire and jumpers. check it out and good luck to you.

Chris
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the_kid
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Ken,

Take a look at their efficency ratings. I think either amp would work fine off the top of my head.

Chris
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