I heard the Elicit-R and Rainmaker combo a few months back in NYC with a friend.who was looking for a system for his relatively small apartment. They did sound great but he ultimately picked the Arro. To our ears, the Arro just sounded so much fuller with a lot more weight, almost uncanny of it diminutive size.
Rega/Totem combo wow!
Was out of town for work last week and managed to stop into a hifi shop downtown after work one evening. I forget the name of the place but it was right in Cincinnati (audible elegance i believe). I had always wanted to hear a rega/naim amplifier. Long story short, they had a rega brio and elex r hooked up to a pair of Totem Rainmakers (which is a nice compact speaker for my space) and I have to say that I was really impressed by the speakers even through the lower powered brio. The gentleman switched from the Brio to the Elex to hear the difference. And yes, there was a difference. The Elex provided more bass and a little smoother sound to my ears but both amps sounded superb and although the Totems are 4ohms, I was more impressed with the little Brio handling them quite well. I haven't really heard many people talk about totem speakers on too many threads but like I said, there seemed to be a really good match there between the regas and the totems. Has anyone else had a similar experience with these two brands playing together and if so what were your thoughts?