Having recently been dumped by my fiancée of three years who has run off with a (very) former friend of mine, I now find myself in Stage 3 of my rehabilitation: ‘Exploring Recovery and Early Activity’. The early activity has involved getting hold of her engagement ring by deception (one of her (now former) friends helped) and selling it.
So I now have £8250 burning a hole in my pocket and have taken the very important decision to upgrade my decade old reVox CD player, Marantz amp and Eltax speakers. I’ve been looking/listening to kit for a couple of weeks and this is my speaker dilemma:
I’ve had been, upon listening to many been amps, leaning towards the Naim Amps, either a pre/power or a combo, I also love the PLINUS 9200 however on my last visit to one of the better stores in town they persuaded me to listen to the Plinius P10 power amp and the M8 pre amp and WOW… I got him to change the speakers from the £5000 speakers to some low end KEFs and it still sounded like Armageddon on speed. Anyway he is a good guy and we have agreed a good price.
Next my search for a CD that will compliment the Plinius has led me to the shortlist of the new Antila CD MD2 or the Naim Nait CD5x, I like both these bad boys for different reasons but the Nait is nudging it for me at the moment as it just sounded a little more decisive than the Antila in a couple of different configurations. I don’t know what I mean by decisive but it was. The guy in the shop was pushing me towards the Antilia as he said it had “breathtaking realism and a tactile panoramic image.” What does that even mean I asked him…and he actually did a good job of explaining, but still I prefer the Nait.
But here is the rub, I’m struggling with Speakers at the moment, I can’t listen to the whole set-up together as the different components are in different parts of town, also I didn’t fall in love with the KEF’s and B&W’s that I listened to in above shops.
I have since listened to monitor audio platinum PL300's which made me smile all the way through but at £3000 are the wrong side of the budget, I also, on recommendation listened to Sonus Faber Auditors (stands) which looked and sounded the biz until he plugged in some floor standing Cremona M’s which made me cry with lust until he pointed out the price £4000.
So, I’m probably going for a Plinus + Nait combo, Stunning sound quality and captivating good looks but I’m struggling with Speakers at the moment that will pair nicely and won’t cost my soul.
Budget has a roof of £2200 and my room is big enough for floorstanding but not to big to count out stand mounted, I mostly listen to rocker/funky styles tunes (Radiohead/Chemical Brothers/The Stones) over classical but I’m going to need a pair of speakers that can play really well at lower volumes for my upcoming dating adventures.
Any assistance greatly received
So I now have £8250 burning a hole in my pocket and have taken the very important decision to upgrade my decade old reVox CD player, Marantz amp and Eltax speakers. I’ve been looking/listening to kit for a couple of weeks and this is my speaker dilemma:
I’ve had been, upon listening to many been amps, leaning towards the Naim Amps, either a pre/power or a combo, I also love the PLINUS 9200 however on my last visit to one of the better stores in town they persuaded me to listen to the Plinius P10 power amp and the M8 pre amp and WOW… I got him to change the speakers from the £5000 speakers to some low end KEFs and it still sounded like Armageddon on speed. Anyway he is a good guy and we have agreed a good price.
Next my search for a CD that will compliment the Plinius has led me to the shortlist of the new Antila CD MD2 or the Naim Nait CD5x, I like both these bad boys for different reasons but the Nait is nudging it for me at the moment as it just sounded a little more decisive than the Antila in a couple of different configurations. I don’t know what I mean by decisive but it was. The guy in the shop was pushing me towards the Antilia as he said it had “breathtaking realism and a tactile panoramic image.” What does that even mean I asked him…and he actually did a good job of explaining, but still I prefer the Nait.
But here is the rub, I’m struggling with Speakers at the moment, I can’t listen to the whole set-up together as the different components are in different parts of town, also I didn’t fall in love with the KEF’s and B&W’s that I listened to in above shops.
I have since listened to monitor audio platinum PL300's which made me smile all the way through but at £3000 are the wrong side of the budget, I also, on recommendation listened to Sonus Faber Auditors (stands) which looked and sounded the biz until he plugged in some floor standing Cremona M’s which made me cry with lust until he pointed out the price £4000.
So, I’m probably going for a Plinus + Nait combo, Stunning sound quality and captivating good looks but I’m struggling with Speakers at the moment that will pair nicely and won’t cost my soul.
Budget has a roof of £2200 and my room is big enough for floorstanding but not to big to count out stand mounted, I mostly listen to rocker/funky styles tunes (Radiohead/Chemical Brothers/The Stones) over classical but I’m going to need a pair of speakers that can play really well at lower volumes for my upcoming dating adventures.
Any assistance greatly received
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