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what speakers do you consider "energetic"?
Active eh?  wondering, is that a common trait with active speakers? I did not find my previous LS50w's energetic very interesting to me also that the first several responses exclude traditional passive box speakers      
anybody upgrade from Dynaudio Special 40 to Heritage Special?
on my shorlist for the future    
speaker recommendations for Ayre V-5xe?
soix thanks, I appreciate your firm position 805D on the short list  
speaker recommendations for Ayre V-5xe?
good advice thanks atc scm 19v2's are definelety on my short list additionally, the link below ranks the kefr3 very high and the same forum has a review that compares the new meta version sugeesting it is even better   https://sites.google.com... 
speaker recommendations for Ayre V-5xe?
yes Harbeth's 30.2XD's and The superHL5plus XDs tried and sold they were very nice, I have some mild criticisms better suited to a harbeth discussion, let's just say not my cup of tea those JA look very nice the Ascend's pricepoint allows me to... 
Playback Edelweiss in the house
interesting thread seeking to one day purchase an endgame dac/streamer combo with only the Lumin X1 and Bartok shortlisted at the moment CD/SACD capability is always a nice bonus (presuming no performance compromises elsewhere)    
speaker recommendations for Ayre V-5xe?
at the moment sonus faber lumina v parasound halo a23 and Anthem mca225 were noticeably better with bass      
speaker recommendations for Ayre V-5xe?
the amp seems to have alot of soul and musicality can't really figure out why it wont play from standby mode seems to lack bass for its size and wattage not familiar with that Vandy model, will research it    
alternatives to Lumin for preamp funcitonality ?
good feedback thanks i guess the goal would be to equal the lumin d2/t2 quality    
my shortlist for integrated Harbethsuper hl5 plus xd - please advise
ok well thanks all I'm going to heed some of this advice  and seek to get into the higher levels of integrated amps i think i have this with my speakers, jl sub, and lumin streamer   as I'm in no rush, I'm going to remain with my modest front ... 
my shortlist for integrated Harbethsuper hl5 plus xd - please advise
the other I thing I find confusing is the notion of skipping reviews when my speakers are very highly reviewed and of course trying to understand peoples experiences example @brownred6  your advice contradicts the post directly above yours th... 
my shortlist for integrated Harbethsuper hl5 plus xd - please advise
ok thanksm , what amp do you suggest please? those amp suggestion came from reading the harbeth forums as the next best tier down options from accuphase/luxman/LFE      
my shortlist for integrated Harbethsuper hl5 plus xd - please advise
its smaller room but open to rest of house sometimes i find these choices confusing as the amps i short listed are all highly reviewed and yet we can see all these opinions adamantly against im certainly prepared to pause the purchase and revisi... 
my shortlist for integrated Harbethsuper hl5 plus xd - please advise
thank you, definetley going solid state though  
my shortlist for integrated Harbethsuper hl5 plus xd - please advise
Belles not that I'm aware of Luxman I can look into but more expensive