I don't do the envy game, but I would love the L2030s. Even via YouTube they sound spectacular.
System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live
My current stereo system consists of Oracle turntable with SME IV tonearm, Dynavector XV cartridge feeding Manley Steelhead and two Snappers monoblocks running 15" Tannoy Super Gold Monitors. Half of vinyl records are 45 RMP and were purchased new from Blue Note, AP, MoFI, IMPEX and some others. While some records play better than others none of them make my system sound as good as a live band I happened to see yesterday right on a street. The musicians played at the front of outdoor restaurant. There was a bass guitar, a drummer, a keyboard and a singer. The electric bass guitar was connected to some portable floor speaker and drums were not amplified. The sound of this live music, the sharpness and punch of it, the sound of real drums, the cymbals, the deepness, thunder-like sound of bass guitar coming from probably $500 dollars speaker was simply mind blowing. There is a lot of audiophile gear out there. Some sound better than others. Have you ever listened to a stereo system that produced a sound that would make you believe it was a real live music or live band performance at front of you?
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@rauliruegas Thanks for the history behind your fantastic speakers. Since you mentioned Ed Meitner and Museatex I will put in a shameless plug for my amp and DAC, since nowadays no one really is aware of them. I have the old Museatex Meitner MTR 101 monoblock amps and Meilor Museatex DAC subsequently modded by John Wright who use to work with Meitner. |
@rauliruegas Pardon me for continuing this sidebar. @mijostyn I assume you will not be placing your new Atmasphere MA-2s under the floor as with the JC1s. While heat dissipation is important, I'm more thinking you will want to be able to keep an eye on the tubes. I did have a situation with a tube amp where if I had not been able to see a problem as it occurred the consequences would have been very unpleasant. |