I would love to have a home demo of the Dali Rubis but there's a long delivery time. In fact Richer Sounds couldn't give a lead time.
I understand what you are saying, I'm mainly trying establish the ideal compromise.
Different. The PMCs have a little extra texture to the lower frequencies, which is understandable given the size of the mid/bass driver. But the gap isn't huge and the Argons sound much bigger than their diminutive size.
To my mind the Amphions were hardly a fair comparison with your existing PMCs. In a price relate comparison you should have been auditioning the Argon 3S at the very least....
Correct. The whole point of this is to establish what comes close or betters the PMCs below the 2k.
Took me a long time to determine that no speakers I had heard came close to beating the American Acoustics Zens that I now own, for the same money.
True. Size wise, the TB2i are closer in size to the Argon 3S, and I guess if the TB2i was around nowadays, they’d be around the same price as the 3S.
From the other comments in this post I’m guessing you’re somewhere west of London and you mentioned being prepared to drive 90 minutes. On that basis I would recommend trying Premiumsound. I had a demo there before Christmas and they were able to source Lumina II in 3 days when no one else locally had stock. They stock Amphion (had the Argon 1 in store) and Dali and Triangle and lots of others brands. In fact I’d say they have the broadest range I’ve seen, with the exception of a few British brands. Very nice shop (almost too nice) and demo room, and coffee. I only had an hour in there after work but they typically offer a 3 hour demo and home trials. They just setup whatever you need and leave you to it, with coffee, and only come back (you press a button) when you want to swap gear around. If you really want to AB the Rubicon 2, Argon 1 and your own gear they might be the best option. I must get back there as the Argon 1 are on my list as well as the Menuet SE and those Comete 40th.
No. They are miles away from me in W8. I live near Guildford. The traffic and parking around that part of London is a nightmare.
Each way in traffic. Have to go through Billingshurst which is stop/start. Petworth is only about 30 mins from Chichester.
Oooo..... a Guildford lad.
Ah! Didn't mean to lug just to get to audition, my mistake...Oooo..... a Guildford lad.
No, not lugging speakers on a train. I'm keen for different speakers. Not that keen and I'm too old for all that.
I need something to compare other speakers with. There's a chance, due to erratic stocks, they won't have certain brands... or if they do and purchase a pair, how do I get them home?
How do they stack up against the Neat sx2 that you liked? Also, Audio Chic do some great wooden stands, worth checking out. I've enjoyed reading your quest, thanks.
Should be me thanking you guys.
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