vaystrem

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Entry Level Transport
.. Should have put this in the initial post.The Pioneer I am considering because I have heard it is a decent transport and down the road I can certainly add an external DAC to it.The HK 5 Disc CD player atleast has HDCD decoding on it but it is ex... 
Paradigm or Monitor Audio's?? Any thoughts?
I recently auditioned Paradigm Studio 20s / B&W 603s / and ended up buying Quad 21Ls (would've got the 12Ls but got a great deal from www.canadianhifi.com on the 21s)I was completely unimpressed by the Paradigms, the B&Ws were nice, the Qu... 
Bookshelf Speakers:500-900$CDN Advice for starter?
Thanks everyone for your responses :)I did end up making a purchase.... The Quad 21Ls in Piano black for an amazing $1200 CDN!! From Canadian Hifi this amazing price was due to overstock in that colour of the 21Ls.He still has some left, at that p... 
Bookshelf Speakers:500-900$CDN Advice for starter?
I will be going to a new receiver (NAD T752 or Arcam AVR200) within the next year or so, with that in mind I don't think that I should restrict speaker choice due to an item that won't be a permanent fixture in my system, do you agree?I am going i... 
Bookshelf Speakers:500-900$CDN Advice for starter?
That's 366US$ -> 659US$ actually.I've finally narrowed it down to three Speakers:Paradigm Monitor 5 Quad 12LB&W602Anything else in that range I should really be examining in a 50/50 listening mix for Bookshelf Fronts?