hifiron
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| $2000 turntable system I would recommend a VPI Scout or Vinyl Nirvana (http://vinylnirvana.com/)Ensure you do not cheap out on your phono pre-amp, the Vincent looks good. I am running a Audio Research PH3, the difference was night and day compared to a smaller solid sta... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers Absolutely! The Spatial M4 Turbo S's will be here on Saturday! The Vandersteen 1Ci's as well as a 60W Ayre AX-7 on Saturday as well.I will be doing an audition of the 60W zero negative feedback SS amp as well as the Mini Torii. The Vandersteens wi... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers @timrhu thanks! yes, I am going to mess around with some options.Much happier price range for me, going to audition the Vandersteen 1Ci's again and get the Spatial M4 S in as well.I am not going to change my amp at this time, the Vandersteens were... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers @timrhu yes, good point to be made here. Coherency and blending of drivers is going to be key.Discussions with Steve - Open Baffles were recommended, HDT was not. Too analytical for the room.After treating the room, I have noise floor down to 29 d... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers @sbank yes, agreed. Looking at Open Baffles (Spatial), Radials (Decware HR-1) or the Vandersteens at this point.I have only been able to hear the Vandersteen 1Ci in person, not enough power with my current amp, going to audition an amp with the 2C... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers Had a great discussion with Clayton!After some advice, and exchanging pictures of the *challenging* listening room I have, the M4's would be the route to go.I will be looking to refresh the amplifier. I do love the MiniTorii sound, but its days ar... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers @wester17 with the Spatial M3’s either Turbo or Turbo S do you have an idea if a 4 Watt into 8 Ω SET amp would do them justice? My concern is the Spatials are 4 Ω and the MT drops in power as the load moves away from 8 Ω.I will be calling Clayton ... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers The more I read about the Spatial M3/M4 speakers the more intrigued I am by them! No amp change necessary on day 1. They're a happy price as well. | |
| Help Choosing Speakers Zu was great to talk to, the Zu Druid would be incredible, no amp change required.Getting a lower priced speaker would give me the ability to get a different amp. Getting a different amp would def. give me more headroom regardless of speaker selec... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers Thanks guys, I'll give Clayton a call and see what he recommends. Might need to re-arrange the room.Thanks! | |
| Help Choosing Speakers @wester17 @bradf @nakamaye I am looking at the Spatial M line now... is this something that will function in this room. I don’t have the ability to pull the speakers far out into the room. Other words what type of breathing room do they need aroun... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers So after quite a bit more listening, the Vandy 1Ci sound good, but the amp is just not enough power. I am going to be taking the Vandy’s back to the dealer today and start outlining a couple scenarios.Thank you all for the amazing help and opinion... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers Basically have narrowed it down to a more reasonable cost. Something I am more comfortable with.Speaker SelectionVandersteen 1CiVandersteen 2CeDecware HR-1AmplificationKeeping MiniToriiPurchase Torii JrPurchase Torii Mk IVOther OptionsReplace PH3 ... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers Ok so after about 6 hours of listening, I am thoroughly impressed with the Vandersteen 1Ci speakers! The beauty is my amp is plenty powerful to push them to sound great at levels louder than I would listen to in this room.In addition to that, they... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers Ok so made some great progress on the research. There is an audio store close that has Vandersteen 1Ci speakers. Going to bring them home today to audition.Resetting the price point as well as normalizing efficiency has brought me to a much smalle... |