JM Lab Nova Be or Eggleston andra 3 ? anyone?


Hi i am in the market for JM Lab Nova Be or Eggleston andra 3
I can get them both for around the same price ,but I will never get the chance comparing them... ( one is in Greece the other in UK..Here we do not have a eggleston dealer,but I ve read many reviews for both ,so if somebody had a chance to listen to them both I will highly appreciate his opinion.
My system :
ps audio PWD mk2 + transport
pass x350.5 amp direcly to the PWD
cardas golden ref interconnects.
thinking about a future upgrade to halcro dm88 or pass xa160.5 amps
thx in advance
hifi76

Showing 1 response by french_fries

I had Eggleston Andra II's (upgraded from I's). a very forgiving speaker IMHO.
The JM Lab speaker is made to an even higher build quality, but it "may" have more issues in getting the optimum set-up. also, you are comparing the esotar tweeter from dynaudio, a silk dome with uncommonly good reviews, with the beryllium tweeter in the Nova, which is super-high-tech. my "guess" is that the Nova is the better deal, while the Andra sounds utterly natural on piano, strings, and you can place it in a number of locations in a wide variety of rooms. i did hear a JM lab mezzo-utopia years ago and was very impressed, but the Nova-BE is a different speaker altogether, one i never got to hear personally. one other factor might be the BASS extension- the Egg's go below 20Hz with ease. some early reviews of JM Lab speakers mention less-than-adequate VERY-LOW bass extension. If you listen to pipe organ music a great deal this is another factor to consider.