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Anthem getting into two channel with new STR pre-amp-- anyone heard it?
@ mi4Yes, I briefly heard the Persona 3F driven by McIntosh separates in Dallas.  Very impressive.  
Paradigm Personas: A First Listen
FYI, new review of Persona 7F just posted!  Now, what's the best way to win the lottery? https://hometheaterhifi.com/reviews/speaker/floor-standing/paradigm-persona-7f-loudspeaker-review/ 
Anthem getting into two channel with new STR pre-amp-- anyone heard it?
Interesting in that I'm also researching speakers and looking strongly at the Persona 3F.  The thing about the Anthem STR pre-amp is that, for one fourth of the price, you can get much the same functionality with the Parasound Halo P5 pre-amp, in ... 
Preowned Focal 1027Be or New Focal Aria 936?
Unfortunately, I've heard neither, but have been researching Focal quite a bit. The Electra series is higher tech and a higher line than Aria.  And you do not get the beryllium tweeter with the 936.  At the same price, I'd have to go with the 1027... 
PSB Imagine T3's?
@ easola01I haven't heard the T3 yet.  I was just putting some options out there to check out.  
PSB Imagine T3's?
Agreed that you should definitely hear the Legacy Audio Signature SE at that price range. Also, at around $10K, check out the new Paradigm Persona 3F.  Whoa, I got to hear them Saturday, and they are the real deal.  Not only do they sport a beryll... 
Paradigm Personas: A First Listen
Way up there off of Sam Rayburn tollway.  They have tons of speakers, receivers, pre-pros, 4K TVs, cameras, computers, etc.  The place is massive.   They even have a Scooters coffee bar and See's Candies.  
Paradigm Personas: A First Listen
I finally got to hear the Personas today, at a couple of locations in Dallas.  I first stopped into Stellar A/V and, although it was not a closed room and was open to the rest of the store, this was the best listening room I visited today.   The o... 
Dallas Audio Club
jolly,You might check out and consider attending the Lone Star Audio Fest in Dallas on May 4-6, 2018.http://lonestaraudiofest.com/ 
Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range
fast,Did you ever get a listen to the Focal Sopra 2 or 3, or Legacy Audio Focus SE or Aeris?   Focal also just came out with Kanta no. 2, which is getting rave reviews.  It is not a huge speaker, but the overall sound quality is said to be off the... 
Speakers costing range of 2500-3500 per pair
audiozen,Really?  First, I do not assume all reviewers hear the same thing, for my stated reasons.  Second, do you deny that our hearing is a sense, much as taste or smell?   
Speakers costing range of 2500-3500 per pair
Hearing is a sense, like taste or smell.  I doubt 30 people would all have the same impression of the same dinner entree, if they all were to sample it.  Surely, the morphology of each person's ears differs, as well as each person's neural pathway... 
5-10k budget... so many choices
Eh, the only thing that would give me pause about the Kantas is that they are a bit "smallish" for the price.  I wonder about the deep bass capabilities.  The 1038 BE ii are larger, heavier, with more bass drivers, and are rated deeper in the bass... 
Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range
+1, if you get them set up optimally with the Wavelet.  I heard the Aeris in TX, manually tuned for the room with the older Xilica processor, and the sound was just OMG awesome.  I've never heard that sort of mid range authority and clarity.  We p... 
Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range
+1 on Daedalus.  But also, in that price range, certainly Legacy Audio Aeris is a must listen.  Legacy will be at Axpona in April.