System Snaps

[Anonymous]

My wife actually said she prefers the "long wooden types", which means floorstanders. She thinks they're more elegant.

There is no chance of a dark grey pair of Mackies in the living room but something like an ADM9 might be a suitable compromise when I look for a domestic system again later in the year. Better still would be something like this if it existed with digital inputs:

 

[chebby]

A Benchmark DAC1 Pre would complete that set-up nicely! (Or any of the BM DACs if you don't need an analogue input)

Or a Beresford TC-7520 using the variable output/volume control (but I gather you don't like Beresford after your 'e-bay mods' comment yesterday.)

 

[Anonymous]

Chebby,

I'm sure a Beresford would work just fine in the above system. I was being mean about it because you have so many boxes in your set-up that could have been consolidated when you upgraded

The problem with the Duos is that they are passive - yuck! - and the amp paks are only 100watts, so perhaps insufficient for high fidelity with a floorstander.

Out of interest, why didn't you consider a consolidated system like this when you changed?