Moving again...system finally complete...back to starting over


After one plus year in a brand new condo we have decided to sell and move again. My system was just completed to my satisfaction. Happy with it and will now sell off most of the equipment because I am tired of storing and lugging large heavy boxes. 

My question is...are there any systems (same stack/manufacturer....eg Naim??) that present overall very decent sound with smooth highs and decent bass? Something easy to use with quality amplification. 

To give a sense of where I am now: Pass INT-25, Spendor Classic 100's with stands, Luxman dac, Sugden phono pre, Luxman PD171 table. I do not have to go to the same price point that the above represents, in fact I am ready to simply compromise for decent sound from smaller, more manageable components. Room is agnostic for the purpose of the conversation as I think I will be listening slightly  'nearerfield' (3'-6' away). 

Sorry for the length. Help and direction is appreciated. Thank you. 

blackhawkskid6

If you want to save some space the SUGEN A21SE includes a phono preamp. Since you like the Spendor sound the Classic 4/5 or any other LS3/5a type speaker like Harbeth, Falcon, Graham, etc. would fit nice in a smaller space!

Thanks all for the responses. I had an a21se in this system and it ran too hot. Pass is slightly cooler and quieter due to lower gain on the front end. thank you. 

I had the same problem selling my house and loosing my dedicated room..

it takes me 2 years to understand my room and to tune it ...😊 With success..

But fate decide i must sell my big three floors house...

For a one floor one...

I was very sad because my low cost system beat all i ever listen to in my life...

How to build something else with the same impact ?

i decided i will  not go in an acoustically dedicated room again, small speakers on a desk will never be able to recreate 3-D holographic soundstage...

I picked headphones but most headphones of any knind i purchase sound as junk or artificial...

The only possibility were Stax omega system which is too costly... And  a low cost 1978  flagship AKG K340 a complex hybrid which is a very hard to figure out headphone, trust me, i read the4 patent 😊... it takes me 6 months to understand it right but i do it and it beat my speakers/room now...

i will recommend to you a Stax Omega system... There is nothing to figure out here, plug and play... No small speakers on a desk will beat it...And in my experience nearfield listening dont replace acoustic room at all nor top headphone...You can pick up a top HIFIMAN if you want  etc...

I did not recommend my K340 because it is too difficult to optimize to reach optimal S.Q. ... Unless you are someone not afraid to open headphones and do job inside ... The bass of an optimized K340 rival subs and we feel it with our body by skeletal resonance...organ music is fabulous...Because it is an hybrid, the only successful one, i had electrostatic high frequencies feeling.. This headphone has no defects now at all for me...but it is not plug and play at all... Then Hifiman Top or Stax Omega...

 

I will never go back to acoustically dedicated room, it will easily cost 100,000 bucks by a pro acoustician , and it will cost nothing done homemade but the tuning like piano tuning with resonators take me 1 year almost non stop of listening tunin experiments, it was fun the first time because i learned in the process... But i will never take this job again, because i know how to do it but the fun will be no more there only the SAME long tuning process , then no acoustic room for me even if it was very astonishing at the end...  Few TOP Headphones may  beat all living room, or non dedicated room,  in holography, details, and even  in bass... 

 

I wish you the best in your new journey...

If you ’finally’ have a system you find quite good, I would move it.

a. pack some yourself

b, TT remove platter, secure tonearm/protect cartridge, fasten dust cover, take it in the car with you.

c. good mover can pack all the rectangular stuff for you.

d. the speakers: perhaps sell them and evaluate new/used ones to be delivered to new address (or local pickup if you get lucky.