Recommendation for £10k system

[Markmaguire]

Hi all

Thinking of a complete system upgrade soon: turntable, streamer, amp and speakers

Speakers will probably be Spendor A7 (£3300) - recommended amp 25-200W

Turntable most likely to be Project Classic Evo with Ortofon Quintet red MC

Must haves (in case you want to recommend anything not on the lists)
Roon endpoint
Internet Radio (not TuneIn as they don't carry BBC)

System 1 - NAIM - cost £7600
Stageline phono preamp
Supernait 3 amp (80W)
ND5 XS2 streamer

System 2 - PRIMARE - cost £7944
R35 phono stage
PRE35 Prisma - preamp/streamer
A35.2 poweramp (200W)

System 3 - HEGEL - cost £7550
V10 phono preamp
H390 streamer/amp (250W)

System 4 - Yamaha - cost £8300
A-S3200 amp (inc MC phono stage) (100W) - really love the look of this one!
Cambridge Audio DAC 200M
Roon Nucleus streamer or Innuos Zen Mini MkIII

Thanks all

 

[MrReaper182]

You come to the wrong hi fi forum to ask about 10k systems as this is the forum for the plebs and not you rich men. As you probably already know a lot people on this forum only own entry level stuff (stuff that costs £500 to £1000). A very few will have spent more but most will have not (like me) as we plebs can only dream of spending 10k on a system.

 

[Clarkey_71]

I notice a previous suggestion for PMC. I certainly wouldn't write those off.
Also, putting a late shout out for bel canto.
My mate has a bel canto/PMC set up and it sounds superb.
Hope this doesn't confuse things!

 

[Markmaguire]

You come to the wrong hi fi forum to ask about 10k systems as this is the forum for the plebs and not you rich men. As you probably already know a lot people on this forum only own entry level stuff (stuff that costs £500 to £1000). A very few will have spent more but most will have not (like me) as we plebs can only dream of spending 10k on a system.

Haha. I'm as much of a pleb as the rest. This will be a long term investment over time (and the last I ever buy). But we all need a dream, right?

 

[Markmaguire]

I notice a previous suggestion for PMC. I certainly wouldn't write those off.
Also, putting a late shout out for bel canto.
My mate has a bel canto/PMC set up and it sounds superb.
Hope this doesn't confuse things!

The new PMC Cor gets good reviews, but can't help thinking it just looks like an old games console.

 

[RoA]

I saw (and heard) it at the Bristol show. Never seen a games console built that nice.

 

[Markmaguire]

I saw (and heard) it at the Bristol show. Never seen a games console built that nice.

A certain similarity to a PS2. But no doubt it's a lot better constructed 🙂

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Wouldn't matter how good it was for me - that's almost wilfully fugly.

 

[Clarkey_71]

The new PMC Cor gets good reviews, but can't help thinking it just looks like an old games console.

Hadn't thought of the Cor. My initial thoughts were their speaker range.
I think the Cor is an integrated amp?
Don't know too much about it, but would always recommended theirs speakers as an option.

 

[RoA]

To these ageing eyes it looked very nice in front of me, especially in natural Aluminium, inside and out and build quality seemed very high indeed but at that price I personally would perhaps take a Gato, H390 or NAD M33 over it were I looking for an integrated.

The above perhaps being choices if my new Actives don't work out.

 

[Deleted member 116933]

If you want something a bit different and a little more "special' i'd look at class A something by first watt or sugden and maybe some tannoy legacy and or Klipsch Heritage series speakers or even some JBL classics if you can look past the honey combe grill (I couldn't).

That's what I spent my 10k on with a chord DAC and technics turntable.

I guess what i'm saying is, For that sort of money is try to look past the usual suspects

Musical fidelity, Luxman, Acuphase, First watt, Sugden

tannoy, revel, JBL, harbeth, falcon acoustics, russel k

worlds your oyster at this price level, its where things get really interesting

 

[MUSICRAFT]

At around £10k ATC's SCM19A active monitors with a pair of JL Audio's Dominion d-108 are also worth bearing in mind.

Add an Innuos server and using digital out into an Anthem's STR pre amp which incorporates a DAC, phono stage and also features their excellent ARC (Anthem Room Correction - Genesis) to help the mains and subs sing from the same hymn sheet and correct for the acoustical errors of the room.

Anthem® | STR Preamplifier | Overview

www.anthemav.com

Anthem | ARC® Genesis™

www.anthemarc.com

 

[Al ears]

At around £10k ATC's SCM19A active monitors with a pair of JL Audio's Dominion d-108 are also worth bearing in mind.

Add an Innuos server and using digital out into an Anthem's STR pre amp which incorporates a DAC, phono stage and also features their excellent ARC (Anthem Room Correction - Genesis) to help the mains and subs sing from the same hymn sheet and correct for the acoustical errors of the room.

Anthem® | STR Preamplifier | Overview

www.anthemav.com

Anthem | ARC® Genesis™

www.anthemarc.com

Be aware this is dealer talk, but he may have a point.

 

[Markmaguire]

Be aware this is dealer talk, but he may have a point.

Not so interested in active speakers.
After a lot of research, I think the final system will be:
Project Classic Evo
Moonriver Audio 404 Reference Amp with DAC and MM/MC modules (when they sort their DAC supply issue)
Harbeth C7ES
Keep my existing CA CXN V2 streamer

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Not so interested in active speakers.

Fair enough 👍