So..where best to spend money on an upgrade..?!!

[richardw42]

Yeah, but he's already got a top amp.

 

[pauln]

Why the **** would anybody put a 5k amp with the SCM19.

.....because, with some £2k speakers, the right £5k amp can make a dramatic difference; and the SCM19s could be the perfect speaker for a given person's room and taste.

Oh, that way madness lies;

 

[wilro15]

Spend 1k on room treatments, see GIK Acoustics or some similar site.

 

[altruistic.lemon]

These aren't bad speakers too http://www.audioemotion.co.uk/tannoy-glenair-15-loudspeakers-455-p.asp

 

[matthewpiano]

Your money plus a good dealer and home demos is the only way to go here.

 

[cheeseboy]

Spend 1k on room treatments, see GIK Acoustics or some similar site.

Yeh, echo that sentiment. No point in have really expensive lovely kit if your room isn't up to it.

 

[MaxLegroom]

Cheers KidKomet ; thanks for the advice.

 

[MaxLegroom]

thanaks all so much for the considerations here and the time you've put into considering where best to help me make these improvements ; I'm currently utilising a variety of Auralex room treatments to get the very best out of the kit so I hear the kit and not necessarily the room ; Auralex kindly designed the room layout for me. I clearly have a lot of auditioning to do however that's not a new journey for us audiophiles eh... Re the Cyrus/ATC 'bright' partnering ; I agree however that's a partnering I favour to help with upper clarity ; I'm utilising Townshend Supertweeters too... Too much kit?!!!

 

[cheeseboy]

is you a meelionairre ??? 😀

 

[MaxLegroom]

i would be cheeseboy if I wasn't an audiophile !

 

[MaxLegroom]

I totally agree here and was quick to undertake the services of Auralex to design the room treatment layout ; I've got about £600 worth and is mainly a LEDE ( live end dead end ) setup with a variety or corner bass traps and dampened flutter echo / reflection points ..very happy indeed with it all...

 

[Craig M.]

I used to have SCM19s. When looking for an upgrade I demoed lots of speakers but ended up going for actives. ATC make some very good ones that you might pick up 2nd hand within budget, I feel though that they (like a lot of hifi) are overpriced and you can get better for less money. If you value clarity and dynamics go demo some actives, you will be able to pick something up that is a lot better than what you have for less than your upgrade budget. Check out pro-audio active monitors too, I replaced the SCM19s (along with ATC amp) with Event Opals and they wiped the floor with them, it took about 10 seconds to realise how much better they were.

 

[CnoEvil]

Why the **** would anybody put a 5k amp with the SCM19.

.....because, with some £2k speakers, the right £5k amp can make a dramatic difference; and the SCM19s could be the perfect speaker for a given person's room and taste.

Oh, that way madness lies;

I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is
southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.

:twisted:

 

[pauln]

Why the **** would anybody put a 5k amp with the SCM19.

.....because, with some £2k speakers, the right £5k amp can make a dramatic difference; and the SCM19s could be the perfect speaker for a given person's room and taste.

Oh, that way madness lies;

I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is
southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.

:twisted:

Nice.

Anyway, I'd get some Quad electrostatics and keep the amp - it's got lots of watts.