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Sonus Faber Liuto Or Vienna Acoustics Mozart Gran
As others will no doubt say, this is very far from the ideal way of buying expensive loudspeakers.That being said, if it's any help, I listed to Liutos and VA Beethoven Baby Grands in same room with same equipment. It was a close run thing, but ul... 
Chapman Speakers?
"Twoleftears, What other speakers drew you into the music better than the T-5s?"Top of the list would be the Vienna Acoustic Beethoven Baby Grand Symphony Edition, and the PMC twenty.24. If you're looking higher, a used pair of the VA Liszts would... 
Sonus Faber Olympica III or Vienna Acoustics Lists
Definitely the Liszts. I heard them driven by Ayre AX-5 and it was a match made in heaven. If I had the $$ I would have bought both on the spot. The dealer swopped in the AX-7 and it drove them just fine, though, obviously, one could hear the supe... 
Vandersteen Seven Review
5A CarbonBarrier strips, 7/16" max width7Barrier strips, 1/2" max width 
what speaker new or used for 5k?
I'm trying to figure out what you mean by "congested". Is it that the sound is not analytical enough, or does it seem as if the speakers are overloading, i.e. that they can't handle passages of loud and/or complex music? Or??The VA Beethoven Baby ... 
up-to-date DAC with tubes and XLR output?
Is anyone running the Cary 100t? 
Harbeth SHL5 vs SHL5 PLUS
I listened fairly recently to the Super HL5 Plus hooked up to a mega-buck Naim rig. In the treble the sound was definitely not what I would call forgiving, and I didn't pursue the audition for very long. I have no way of evaluating his opinion, bu... 
Music Hall Ikura vs. Pro-ject 2Xperience Classic
Anyone own an Ikura? 
Using solid copper Door Bell wire as speaker wire.
There's also this.http://www.wireworldaudio.com/Comparator/index.html 
What is the future for Proac Speakers ?
Modern Audio is indeed the distributor in the US. I had occasion to call there a few weeks ago, and during our brief conversation my primary sense of things was that the guy wanted to get off the phone as quickly as possible.In conversation with a... 
Multiple "sales" of EAR 324?
Or you could buy it here!http://www.audio-markt.de/_markt/item.php?id=5215386443&audioauktion=9953053e5815efb0e929039e114a93c2 
"forward' vs "laid back" speakers
Interesting. Quite a quest! And I totally agree with your--for the moment--conclusion. At twice the price point that I was looking at, the Liszt is extraordinary: it's more like a much, much bigger brother to the Baby Grands than it is a bigger br... 
"forward' vs "laid back" speakers
I don’t know if anyone will be interested in this ongoing saga, but here’s an update.I recently was able to audition a bunch more speakers: the VA Beethoven Concert Grand, Focal Aria 926, Harbeth Super HL5 Plus, PMC Twenty 24, PMC Twenty 23, PMC F... 
Totem Forest Signature -or- Spendor D7
In other posts I've written about how little my own listening impressions of speakers square with reviews in magazines. That holds true, to a large extent, with individuals here too. If you spend enough time here, you'll start to recognize just a ... 
Chapman Speakers?
I auditioned the T-5s a few weeks ago. Good, all-round speaker. Good timbre, good imaging, good sound-stage, good bass response, not too forward, not too laid-back. Driven by Rogue electronics, but I didn't feel the room I was listening to them in...