Raidho speakers..any interest ??

I had a Chord SPM600 (and a Chord pre) powering Raidho D3s. It had all the power I needed but it lacked an element of timing and separation/detail of individual percussion instruments were somewhat "blurred".

I have since upgraded to an Aavik U-300. This captured all the timing and separation of instruments was now very much clearer. The only downside was that it does not have the power of the Chord (the "slam" for want of a better word). I often find myself using the Aavik to the upper-end of the volume dial while the Chord was at only 60% or so. But the detail from Aavik is so much greater.

I auditioned the Nagra Classic mono blocks also. These certainly have the power and "slam" I like and provided an excellent soundstage with wonderful resolution and detail -- however, due to complaints by the neighbors (philistines) I am now compelled to play at moderate volume (until such time I move house). Thus the Aavik does the trick perfectly.

I also upgraded the cables from Nordost Valhalla to Ansuz D-TC and the noise floor simply disappeared and I hear so much more detail than ever before, certainly from vinyl playback.

Lastly, I have just bought a pair of Raidho D4.1s ... while they've not arrived yet I expect to get even more detail and finesse at normal volume.

The C3.1 with Absolare have a wonderful soundstage, detail, and an "realness" to the sound that's hard to describe.

I use Raidho D2 in a smaller room. Presently using Maker Audio Ref 2a amp (formerly Edge), which provides lots of current in a very refined manner. I love the speakers. I was going back and forth between more detailed speakers and warmer speakers (YG and Peak Consult were my last two speakers) and the Raidho speakers give me the benefits of both in a very natural way.

I love the ribbon tweeter. I had previously owned Genesis, Piega, ADAM and Selah line arrays with ribbons and had missed the detailed yet sweet sound of ribbon tweeters, but the Raidho is the best I've heard. My front end  (DAC and Pre) are tubed, and I'm considering trying a tube amp, but really can find no fault with the Maker...

I have D2.1's driven by an Aavik U300. Before I had the U300 I had D2's powered by an Octave V110 integrated tube amp. The Octave was really good until you pushed it. The lows just fell apart. Then I got the Aavik.

@cronoglidesky As far as the U300 turning the volume quite high that is a design feature per Mike and Lars. I asked them about that and they wanted to make sure some with extra high efficient speakers would have some volume control. When you push the volume way up the power goes very high quite quickly. BTW congrats on the D4.1's. IMO they are better than D5's but not the D5.1's with the exception of scaling. The U300 should be just fine. I was at my local dealer and we went from the U300 with the 4.1's and switched to the pre and monos. WOW!!! Who knew an amp could sound so good LOL. /s

Last if you have any non DTC cables Ansuz should be releasing their new Version 2 cables very soon. Lars replaced my original Ceramic PC with an Aluminum V2 in my home and the A2 just killed it. Then he put in the C2. Much better yet. These were prototypes and he didn't have the D2 yet. But rest assured they aren't touching the DTC (yet)?? They to me sound warmer and more open than the originals. I too have a DTC PC feeding the MainzD8 and a DTC digital with power box. The DTC just wipes out so much floor noise. Who knew wire could sound so good LOL. /s

Avail getting some great reviews