From numerous visits to audio stores in the BIG city 2 hours south of my place, and after listening to a couple of dozen speakers (up to $18,000) both passive and active. Our simple ears have narrowed it down to these 2 speakers (so far): KEF R11s - https://us.kef.com/r11.html and Triangle AustraleEZs - https://www.trianglehifi.com/en/produit/hifi-floor-standing-speaker-ez-australe/ These 2 sound the best to both my wife, offer good value and both very close to each other in price.
Here are a few integrated amps (in around the $5K range) that I am considering and I was hoping the community can give their votes to which would compliment the speakers of choice (so far) the best?
If I could sum up the difference between the Hegel and the Leben it would be otherworldly drive, control and poise vs otherworldly finesse and sheer musicality. 250W of sheer adrenaline vs 30W of nectar. The differences couldn’t be clearer. You have to like one or the other (or both). The choice is obviously very speaker dependent - and it‘s not just about outright efficiency.
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