Don't know the cost of the Consonance CDP but, of what I see on 'Gon today, for about $2000 I'd consider the used Meadowlark Shearwaters powered by a Consonance/Opera M-100SE Plus EL34-based integrated. I owned the original Meadowlark Blue Herons and should never have sold them. Also owned the Consonance Ella kit integrated, a high quality unit. The M-100 seems very similar and is auto-bias, eliminating the biasing hassle altogether. Both the speakers and amp will match well in your room and should make beautiful music together. For a bit more money there is a Lector CDP-7T MKIII player for sale. Yes, it'll likely sell somewhere around $2.5k-$2.9k. I own the Lector CD transport and it betters more expensive units from Ensemble and Burmester in my system - and not by a small stretch. Just my 2 cents...
Help me build a system
It's been almost 4 years since my last purchase, and I'm surprised that I've contained my urge to upgrade for so long. But now that I have enough funds and resources to put together another system, I would very much appreciate your help on putting together a system for classical music only.
My room is about 12' by 14' carpeted and I have about $3000/new to play with.
I've already been auditioning a whole bunch of gears and I'm set on Consonance CD120 Linear to start with.
Now the most difficult part, the speakers. I'm so open minded that basically all of the speakers I've auditioned so far, although vastly different, sounded good to me. I'm looking for a near-full range experience with emotional involvement.
Please help!
My room is about 12' by 14' carpeted and I have about $3000/new to play with.
I've already been auditioning a whole bunch of gears and I'm set on Consonance CD120 Linear to start with.
Now the most difficult part, the speakers. I'm so open minded that basically all of the speakers I've auditioned so far, although vastly different, sounded good to me. I'm looking for a near-full range experience with emotional involvement.
Please help!