DeVore O/93 or PureAudioProject Duet15 for a First Watt SIT-3?

@fsonicsmith 

I have had the Spendor D7.2 for almost three years and the D7 before the.  They are simply not a boring speaker- at all.  They resolutely track lightening fast transient rhythms literally better and with more refinement than horn speakers.  

I suspect you did not allow them the long break in hours they need to open up (200 plus hours) or may have supporting system issues. 

The review of the D7 in Stererophile is accurate.   

@avanti1960 

I appreciate your comment. Mine likely have 50-75 hours. I thought they sounded best with the OEM cheap standard-issue spikes rather than with the Gaia footers I later tried and kept installed but I have beautiful/expensive walnut hardwood floors. The Gaia's allow me to move the Spendors into position so much easier and without worry for the flooring.

I don't think another two hundred hours is going to be transformative. I feel I have a pretty good grasp of their overall sound signature. They resemble a freshly ironed crisp white dress shirt to use a wardrobe metaphor. They lack corporal presence. I like to use the old chestnut The Arc Choir on Mapleshade to test for this quality. A loudspeaker that can recreate the church choir in real space with a sense of real, life sized diorama spread across the room is no easy feat. The D7.2's fail miserably. At least in my room with my gear (listed and shown in my profile) they don't hold a candle to the Devores. 

Brian Walsh (TTsetup.com) has been over five times and has heard both sets of speakers in my  listening room. He once made the unsolicited comment that the Spendors' sound is inferior (far inferior) to the Devores. So for whatever that is worth, I am not alone on this issue. How can one define for others what is boring and what is not? Rhetorical question. 

They resolutely track lightening fast transient rhythms literally better and with more refinement than horn speakers.  

OK. Now I have to take issue. "Literally"? I think you must mean "absolutely". Regardless of how you mean to use the word "literally" combined with "resolutely track", there is no way on God's Green Earth that I will accept that the Spendor D7.2's reproduce transients the way a Volti Rival will. You have added "refinement" into the mix. Some reviewers use "refinement" to mean inner detail and others use that word to mean "sophistication" and others use it to mean overall cohesiveness so I will not respond as to that. 

No dynamic speaker can reproduce transients like a capable horn system. If they could this would be the most significant reason to abandon horns altogether. In fact it is the far superior dynamic/transient capabilities of horn based speakers that prevent me from completely writing them off. 

The audio get togethers started before I became a dealer. In fact all the product that we carry is product that my partner and I owned previously or had vast exposure to. 

Suggesting the superiority of first order crossovers is nothing new, nor is the concept of time alignment. Most speakers I have owned over the years have been first order and I strongly prefer sealed enclosures although Atohm is ported.

Every dealer need an entry level turntable line. Rega has been wonderful to work with and fills this segment nicely. My personal table is the top of the line Merrill Williams with a Triplanar. I think M.W. now has a composite platter which I should investigate. 

@audition__audio 

Peace brother. I have been something of an ass and you have reacted like a gentleman. I apologize and will not say a negative word to you or about you if I can possibly help it.