First Hi-Fi system

As much as I admire your choices (and I do), Rrog has it right. The best systems work together in ways that you will not understand without listening. Even things which should match, on paper, like hand in glove, sometimes do not get it right.

As you have been doing a fair bit of reading, I am sure that you are not going to overlook what is probably the most important synergistic relationship in audio - the room/speaker interaction.

Best of luck!

"I was considering those without listening to them although I would love to give my business to the local store but the used market is really hard to pass up."

Do you really think this is fair to the dealer after you used his time, expertise, and store? I buy my gear used to save too, but not after I've auditioned it at a dealer. Sure you take a risk you wont like it, but you can re-sell it. My 2 cents.

Disclaimer- Not a dealer

I appreciate all your responses. I did purchase the pathos classic one and the dynaudio x12 from the dealer (after a little negotiation).

I can't wait to start listening!

Wow that was fast (thread, responses, purchases on the same day!

If the funds are available consider a sub. Dyn's are great but at the monitor level a sub will bring out a truly huge upgraded sound. I have the C1's with a sub and I will at times leave the sub off. Do they sound great - Oh Yeah. But with most (not all) recording the sub just adds that little bit of weight to everything. Makes them sound like they are much larger than just monitors.

A couple of months ago I heard the Consequences UE and the X12's side by side (no sub). Different electronics and cables but the X12's really sound fantastic.

Not sure about the break-in time of the X12's but if they are like my C1's don't make any judgments till the have a good 300 hrs on them. Mine sounded great out of the box but after 100 - 150 hrs they sounded like cr@p. At 200 hrs they sounded close to out of the box but at 400 mine got so much better than that.

Congrats