Of course I started with Spica TC-50 like any college kids who just got into stereo. Here is the long list of my speaker evolution:
Spica TC-50
KEF Reference 3
Sonus Faber Electa Amator I
Merlin VSM III
Genesis V
Sonus Faber Extrema
Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy 5.1
Dynaudio Confidence 5
Acoustic Energy AE1 Signature
Dynaudio Confidence 5
B&W 802 Nautilus
Sonus Faber Cremona
Dynaudio Confidence 5
The reason there are so many Dynaudio Confidence 5 in the list is I kept going back to them. I wanted to try something different, but I could not find anything better sounding, period! Not the big Revel, ProAc, Martin Logan, Dunlavy, or Aerial. Nothing. Not even the Temptation. C5 has that charming midrange I have not heard on any other speakers on earth. So why did I want to sell them? They are hard to drive and I miss tubes. But if you are a solid state guy, you owe it to yourself for not trying the C5.
Spica TC-50
KEF Reference 3
Sonus Faber Electa Amator I
Merlin VSM III
Genesis V
Sonus Faber Extrema
Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy 5.1
Dynaudio Confidence 5
Acoustic Energy AE1 Signature
Dynaudio Confidence 5
B&W 802 Nautilus
Sonus Faber Cremona
Dynaudio Confidence 5
The reason there are so many Dynaudio Confidence 5 in the list is I kept going back to them. I wanted to try something different, but I could not find anything better sounding, period! Not the big Revel, ProAc, Martin Logan, Dunlavy, or Aerial. Nothing. Not even the Temptation. C5 has that charming midrange I have not heard on any other speakers on earth. So why did I want to sell them? They are hard to drive and I miss tubes. But if you are a solid state guy, you owe it to yourself for not trying the C5.