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I brought ProAc Response D Two for a home demo. Hooked up with my MA5200. Not very much impressed with the sound. It has the details, but a bit brighter side. It's may be my ear, or may be it's not a good match for the MA5200.

Yup. You're correct. That's the one. Simple look, but elegant finish and I have never heard anything better sounding than this (ofcourse my experience is limited).

I had a chance to listen to R500 and R300. I was after floorstanding, so particularlty interetsed in R500. Thay were drived by a Focus Audio Liszt Sonata (35 W/Channel). It was sounding amazing. I wasn't familiar with Focus Audio at all and not sure how it will compare to my Mcintosh MA5200.

That might fit me better now as the dealer just told me that he can't take a trade in for .23 (I wanted to trade in my idle seating Naim XS-2). He will allow the trade in of Naim XS-2 if I buy .24. Thanks for your input. E.

Hi Rick, Unfortunately the dealer won't let me to take the Dynaudio speakers 400 km away for home demo! But they have Mcintosh MA5200 at their store. I hope it will give me pretty good idea about the sound. Still haven't got a chance to try Totem yet. WIll try in a day or two. I will keep you...

Hi Electro, What about .23? How does it compare to .24. It says only 87 db though. I mean sonically. Will it fit into my size of a room better than .24? Somewhere on the net I read that lab test of .24 shows it has 86.5 db and .23 has 87/88 db. Super confused! Thanks, Syed

Problem is I can't demo .23 as they don't have it in stock and I can't home demo .24 as they don't give the floorstanding speakers for home demo. I will be home demo .22 and probably .21. But I have listened to .24 at the store. It would be interesting to know what are you guy's opinion between...

Great! I did not know they carry Totems as well. I have listened to Sonus and B&W at their store and bought my Mac from them as well! Calling them right now.

Thanks empacher and CnoEvil for the replies. I have contacted Mcintosh regarding 8 Ohm issue. They said MA5200 will run 4 Ohm speakers. Eventhough, I might rather opt for 8 Ohms just to be on the safe side unless Dynaudios sound far better than the others. I was actually leaning towards PMC, I...

Thanks MUSICRAFT. Here in Calgary I don't have too many options. Among the speakers I have mentioned, which one you would pick over others and why?

I need your suggestion/opinion for my speakers that I will hook up to Mcintosh MA5200 solid state integrated amp. It's a 100 W and 8 Ohm amp. My room is fairly small for about 3m x 4m. Music preference is mostly rock, soft rock, pop and occasional metal and hard rock. My source is mainly digital...

Thanks all for contributing to my thoughts. I am going to audition NAD from local dealer. May be I will be ended up buying. Thanks again.

Thanks for the reply. Is the NAD amp and Cambridge CD player combo good enough? I have read really good review of 540C. Besides it's a little more expensive thatn the 515BEE CD player. So, I just thought that Cambridge 540C might have a egde over NAD 515BEE. Any more thoughts will be...

My music taste is classical, instrumental, rock, soft rock. I like to get warmer, detailed and clear sound from my upcoming system. I am considering the following components: Speaker: Floor standing - JBL – STAGE (below is the specification): Frequency Response (–3dB): 47Hz – 20kHz Max...