Danet2:
I would be most interested in to see if anyone posts comparisons you ask for but I am not optimistic.
Ever since much of high-end audio moved out of dealer showrooms, it has become almost impossible to make meaningful comparisons among competing products. Review sites always praise what they review (issuing awards costs nothing and earns goodwill as well as buzz). No individual can listen to even a few products he is interested in: look at your own case, or most of ours.
It doesn't really serve any purpose to know that somebody likes his Linbrook System 2 or that it is better than the Definitive Technology or Polk speakers he bought eleven years ago, a different era in technology as well as his finances, :) but that's the kind of listening experience most individuals are able to offer. What you want is comparison against today's contenders: Salk, Reimer, GMA, Montana, Acoustic Zen, even Zu. :-) Those are almost impossible to come by.
I only expect to hear that people like what they have bought - well, no surprise there. :)
The only solution to this problem is to build a systematic database of whatever individual comparisons people are able to offer, but that's not happening so far.
I am sorry I am not helping you and I can't. I am only suggesting a process that may help future queries like yours. Good luck. Do share what you find.
I would be most interested in to see if anyone posts comparisons you ask for but I am not optimistic.
Ever since much of high-end audio moved out of dealer showrooms, it has become almost impossible to make meaningful comparisons among competing products. Review sites always praise what they review (issuing awards costs nothing and earns goodwill as well as buzz). No individual can listen to even a few products he is interested in: look at your own case, or most of ours.
It doesn't really serve any purpose to know that somebody likes his Linbrook System 2 or that it is better than the Definitive Technology or Polk speakers he bought eleven years ago, a different era in technology as well as his finances, :) but that's the kind of listening experience most individuals are able to offer. What you want is comparison against today's contenders: Salk, Reimer, GMA, Montana, Acoustic Zen, even Zu. :-) Those are almost impossible to come by.
I only expect to hear that people like what they have bought - well, no surprise there. :)
The only solution to this problem is to build a systematic database of whatever individual comparisons people are able to offer, but that's not happening so far.
I am sorry I am not helping you and I can't. I am only suggesting a process that may help future queries like yours. Good luck. Do share what you find.