marrduk24
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| Best used integrated for under $5000 Thank you everyone. It’s never going to be an 100% agreement on what people recommend. But seems like I was going in the right direction with Hegel. Hegel 360 is likely to be $3000-$3500 range for used vs $7000-$7500. I am pretty sure I don’t want... | |
| Best used integrated for under $5000 I was also looking at Alon Wolf’s (Magico) interview and he feels Hegel is one of the best value in Hifi. I will look at Anthem too (and maybe Parasound Halo) | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 @shoff thanks for that. I am definitely going to try Rockport Atria. I really hope beteen Sabrina, Rockport Atria and Magico S3/ A3 I like something. I have also been looking at Salk song Encore but there is no way to audition them for Axpona in A... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 @pbnaudio thanks for the link. They do look great. Though I haven’t heard of them as much as Many other direct players - Selah, Salk, vapor audio etc. | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 @toneranger58 I did look at 700i but I didn’t want a separate DAC. So I am planning to either buy Hegel 360 or Hegel 300 and use Chromecast Audio. What DAC and streamer are you using? | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 So I auditioned B&W 802D and Focal Sopra 2. The gear: it was different from the gear I auditioned previous 4 speakers (Contour 60, PMC 26, KEF Ref 5 and Paradigm 3f on). Previous gear was Rega CD player and McIntosh and Audio research integrat... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 Thank you all. Auditioning Focal Sopra 2 vs 802 D3 vs PMC Twenty5.26 tomorrow. It’s not the same dealer. Will see how it goes. I really want to like (love) one of these. After these only two I have left on my list are Wilson Sabrina and Magico A3 ... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 @ebm thanks a lot for bringing up Magico A3. I read soundstage’s impression of A3 vs Sopra 2 and really intrigued by A3. Alas there isn’t going to be great used deal for a while :) | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 So I got to audition 4 of the speakers on my list1. Dynaudio contour 602. KEF reference 53. Paradigm 3F4. PMC Twenty5.26i tried all of them with same source gear : Rega CD player and two different integrated amps - Mcintosh and Audio Research VSi7... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 @bassdude multiple Sopra 2s have been sold for $9k or so. Sopra 3 range is circa 10k-$13k depending on the age. I think if I am patient enough, I should be able to get one for around $11k-$12k, which while slightly above $10k, is fine. | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 @soix thanks for those suggestions. I actually did have D9 in my list originally. I am going to add that back. Given I now have 9 on my list and it is going to be challenging to audition all of them (let alone control for source gear), I will have... | |
| Subwoofer recommendation for Dynaudio Confidence C4 Look at a pair of 18.0 or 21.0 from Funk Audio. Nathan can match the finish of your C4. If you don’t care about finish that much, may want to look at JTR S1. | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 Updated list:1. Dynaudio Contour 60 2. Focal Sopra 23. Vandersteen Quattro Wood CT - though their size won’t pass WAF4. PMC Twenty5.265. Wilson Audio Sabrina6. KEF Reference 57. Focal Sopra 38. B&W 802D2So far it feels like top 3 might be Cont... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 I own a pair of large bookshelves that were made by Rick Craig of Selah Audio. They use dual Scanspeak 5.5” revelator woofers and Scanspeak aircirc tweeter. I have mated them with a JTR 18” sealed sub. Right now I am using them in a 3.1 HT setup b... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 It feels like used Focal Sopra 3 is a lot better deal but there are a lot of threads about how Sopra 3 requires a large room. So concerned about that. |