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!
Yeah those older metal B&W tweeters are doing you no favors fer sure. At your price point I’d put the Totem Bison and MoFi SourcePoint 8 on your list, and if you can stretch a bit the Fritz Carbon 7 SE or Revival Atalante would be outstanding choices, and I think Fritz might offer a trial period but not sure on that. If you wanna save $1000 these Usher Be-718 monitors are far superior to your 685s… https://www.ebay.com/itm/186624117329 Hope this helps, and best of luck. |
