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This ain't my first rodeo Chuck...oh and when nothing else changes but the cartridge and the sound changes significantly, I think I can make my own assumptions here.

You could alternatively just let people have some fun with their own gear and maybe - let's say as a fun alternative for you - go and piss on somebody else's parade?

It's for fun, to try out at home and see if there are any immediate quick differences. I'm all for measurements, but not in isolation and in any case, had a similar AB listening test with some new Hegel gear at Cranage at the weekend as the Auden Distribution guy swapped between the H400 amp...

Part of this I think comes down to the capacitance and loading between the cartridge and the tonearm and maybe the phono stage. When I was in my older flat, the 540 just sounded too lumpy and weighty, which is when I opted to go down an entry level Moving Coil cartridge route. In the new...

As £15,000 on a not great Piega and Hifi Rose combo demonstrated at the weekend.

I didn't say that they would, I said they would be fine in the room size quoted in the OP. Bearing in mind (again), I've just listened to two significantly smaller speakers than the LSX in the Neat Iota IIs that had no difficulty in delivering a room filling sound.

Oh bless...

Maybe, but seeing as the P3 runs up to nearly £850...

So, I popped up to Edinburgh today, had a couple of things to get sorted on the car and later dropped by Thorn Records in Bruntsfield (one of the city's popular residential areas). Thorn's a fairly recent arrival in the last few years, but picked up a few rave reviews and was listed on the...

About 15 years ago, Goldring had released the GR1 and GR2 turntables, manufactured for Goldring by Rega, they were well reviewed. I remember the GR2 looked a pretty decent option as it came bundled with a decent cartridge and I think the RB300 arm of the day. Well, they're back in town with a...

One of the things I enjoyed adding a subwoofer to the AVIs was the increase in scale to music or movies - I just dialled the sub in and that's it. I might tweak the output slightly at times, especially in movies where the bass effects in action movies, or the likes of Jurassic World are there...

I didn't hear the ESLs - the YG Acoustics speakers were doing their thing for the time I was in the Brady room (which admittedly, was quite a bit). They looked good. I was surprised by the 33/303 units - they were some size, much bigger than I'd imagined. Between the Quad preamp and the new...

As stated, just add a sub. And work out the right positioning. Having used small speakers several times in past years, dynamics needn't be the problem people think when they remove their preconceptions. Plus, they're actives, so they're probably giving a more realistic bass than not.

Fair enough. Happy shopping. 👍

Per my previous reply re: the LSX. And the Genelecs would be excellent. They do have a trim function on the rear and no bad thing not having any software issues to deal with.