Musical Fidelity A3 or Pass Labs Aleph 30

Pairing the Triangle's with an MF product will result in an overtly lean presentation in my opinion. The Aleph will surely sound warmer and fuller but it too lacks the extreme bottom end. If i had to choose between the two of them with your specific speakers, the Aleph would win.

Other than that, why not list some of your other support components, the types of music that you listen to, etc... It might give others enough info to make suitable reccomendations. Sean
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I had Titus 202's, and tried them both with a MF A3cr and an Aleph 3. The Aleph definitely sounded better - warmer, more well rounded.

Presently, I'm using a Yamaha receiver and a Titus/Bose for front /sourround. I want to set-up a second separate system in which i could just sit back relax and enjoy good music, even on low level volume.

I mostly listen to soft, jazz, R&B, acoustics, classic, vocals. Would like to start off with an amplifier-speaker combination, around $2k budget. Found an Aleph 30 for $1399 and $1099 for the A3cr(audiogon). Would prefer a front ported bookshelf speaker, as space is an important cosideration(and also, i'm not bass freak).

Any suggestions, best music for around $2k.

Hi Garydelros!
You might wanna try some tube amps with the Triangle's (Jolida have some very "nice price" ones). You can get good results with ss amps (especially with Pass Aleph series), but Triangle's love tube amps...and when you hear such a combo you might love it too!
I've auditioned/owned some ss amps (Densen DM10, YBA Integre DT to mention some of the best) but the "magical" combination was always with tube amps (Copland CTA 401 and especially Unison Research S6 -to mention some).
Cheers!

You might look for a bigger used Aleph say the 5, it would still fit your budget but it will take a month maybe to find the right one. There was one on E-bay and perhaps still is. The Aleph will kill the A3, and it's choke the current technology that the writers are all hung up on.

jeff