Another speaker slew audition
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I've been contemplating the length of a writeup for another slew of speakers that i auditioned over the weekend with a few friends and decided i will try to keep this one short. A friend is putting together a basement reno including a media room. He's spending pretty big bucks so i went through some quotes from local vendors with him and we went to hear some speakers and look at gear. I won't bother going through all the gear list but in the mix these speakers were powered/played by Macintosh, Denon, Arcam FMJ, Moon Audio, Cary Audio and Cambridge Audio. The speaker list:
Magnepans (either the MG12 or MG1.6, i oddly cannot recall exactly)
Martin Logan Spires
B&M 804s
Monitor Audio Silver S6s
At times these were coupled with the MA surrounds: RSFXs
and lastly, Monitor Audio Platinum PL100s
I plan on going back to hear the Monitor Audio PL300 series which has changed the MA standard of a 2.5 way driver system to a true 3 way driver system (dedicated midrange).
"Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."
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Re: Another speaker slew audition
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Looking forward to your thoughts, Chess!
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Looking forward to your thoughts, Chess! Me, too, definitely.
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Re: Another speaker slew audition
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I have upgradeitis pre-symptoms already.
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Re: Another speaker slew audition
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That's quite the list, should be a fun time, looking forward to the results.
Jason M80 v2 VP160 v3 QS8 v2 PB13 Ultra Denon 3808 Samsung 85" Q70
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Maggies.................oh boy I hope they are the 1.6s.
Rick
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Maggies.................oh boy I hope they are the 1.6s. I was back at the store today, looking for an audio rack, with the wife in tow. They were indeed the Magnepan 1.6 models. I got to hear them again today. Slapping together some thoughts this evening. On a related note, the B&W speakers were the 803DB model driven by Sim Audio gear. Nothing was hooked up to anything under 6k in these two listening rooms. Just crazy. A $6500 cd player. No, it doesn't do dvds, SACD or DVD-a, mp3s, o any other audio format, just cds. It was larger than my Anthem MCA20 amp. How is that possible? I have no idea.
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A cd player of that size/price will certainly add more bottom end to the sound
Jason M80 v2 VP160 v3 QS8 v2 PB13 Ultra Denon 3808 Samsung 85" Q70
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A cd player of that size/price will certainly add more bottom end to the sound Yes a cdp of that weight likely would make a good boat anchor.
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