Moon 340i and Speakers


I recently replaced my Arcam FMJ A32 integrated amp with a Moon 340i in my home office.  This is driving a pair of B&W 685 bookshelf speakers and a REL T3 sub.   It's hard to articulate the difference between the Moon and the Arcam, but lets just say its obviously a different beast .... I'm lovin' it.  Anyway, the only issue is that it does easily "overpower" the B&W's which is not too big of deal except with some recordings  I have to turn the juice down a bit to keep the high end from breaking up.  I am working on some room correction issues but I wondered if anyone had any experience with that amp in terms of speaker compatibility.  I live a long way from any brick and mortar retailers plus I have very little discretionary time  so it is difficult to audition equipment.   My limited research leads me to believe that Harbeth, Sonus, or Dynaudio might have products to consider.  My budget is around 2K, and they would need to be bookshelf or stand mounts due to limitations of the working space.    Thanks!

dafazz57

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Thanks lewkor.  It sounds like we have about the same set up.  I’ve gotten a lot of good advice and I’m sure most options suggested would be a step up from my current situation.  It seems Dynaudio is a common theme so it’s great to get that feedback again.   Sounds like I should start there. 

Thank you all very much.  That was exactly the type of information I was looking for.  I wonder if anyone has any experience with smaller Harbeths.  Even though I have never even seen any in real life, much less heard them, I have an unexplainable curiosity with them.  Who knows,  maybe the name?!? 

You may be right.   I don’t consider it loud but I’m not certain my family agrees!   The thing is with most recordings it sounds fine. Perhaps overly shrill might be a better descriptor than breaking up.   Thanks. 

Yep.  I have a Pro-ject Xperience 2 tt with Bluepoint 2 cartridge.  The amp has a phono stage.  My digital source is a Rotel CD player through the amps DAC as well.  No streaming.   I get the same thing from both sources otherwise I might consider making some adjustments to the phono stage settings.

Alrighty then, my mission is clear!  Thanks for all the input.  I do need to work on the room but it sounds like some experimentation with my "terminal transducers" is in order.  

Thanks everyone again.  I'm motivated to make the move ... this is going to be fun!