How can springs noticably change sound? Does an amplifier jump around when being played? Please explain this. The more I listen to some of these discussions I am convinced many in this hobby are obscessive compulsive. Not trying to put people down, but to someone new to this hobby some of this makes no sense.
As far as the speakers are concerned, I would never consider Monitor Audio. They are very harsh and bright sounding for my ears. The Paradigm Persona 3's sound quite good. Perhaps you might listen to a pair of Vienna Accoustics. They are very warm sounding with their soft dome. However, I like to hear more detail in the highs such as cymbals when playing jazz. However, someone who primarily listens to classical music would just love them. They are warm sounding, but they are very bassy. As we age, I have been told many of us lose hearing in the higher frequencies. Perhaps, this is why Berrylium tweeters have gained popularity.
I just upgraded my speaker wires and purchased an expensive power cable and they do sound more spacious and they reveal more detail. At first they sounded harsh during the first 4 hours. The sales person is now trying to sell me a power cord and a digital cable for my BlueSound for $1,050. I paid $500 for my BlueSound Node 2i. He swears this will totally upgrade sound quality because it is treating the source. You can't tell me it costs more to manufacture two wires as compared to the BlueSound. I have my BlueSound connected using two RCA"s. He said if I connect using digital cable it will reveal an enormous amount ot detail and space and it will allow my ARCAM DAC, which is better than the DAC in the Bluesound. I wonder what others in this group think about this.
Interesting discussion thus far.