What components sound best with Reynaud Trentes?

Hey Phil,

I've been using some cables that I purchased from Stan Warren on the cheap and they work wonderfully with the Trentes. I've also heard that JMR makes cables. I've not heard them myself but I've heard from others that they are very good. I'm driving the Trentes with a Plinius SA-250 MkIV and this amp just makes them sing. The Trentes don't seem to need much power but if you give it to them, they do not mind at all. I've also just gotten a listen to a new CDP that is being imported to the states called the Lector CDP-7T. I heard it demoed with the Trentes and the set up sounded wonderful. That is the reason I love the Trentes so much. Every upgrade I've made to my system, these speakers keep showing the improvements. They have yet to be outgunned or overmatched by any other component, they just keep rising to the next level.........John

John

thanks for the response, I am now listening to my Trentes (Paul McCartney's first album on vinyl) and am getting goosebumps.

They are not even close to being setup properly as they are on 2 cinder blocks and sitting about 16" high. They remind me of Quad 63 or 988 speakers as far as their holographics attention to detail and imaging. They do have a very natural presentation of the music and I am starting to see the 'person in the room' effect some reviews have mentioned.

I do have a Plinius SA100 MKIII amp (I have had difficulty selling) so maybe I will work it back into my system.

On another post someone told me the Reynaud wire is about $450 for a 2.5 meter biwire pair.

I will keep you posted on my progress

John
I got the Reynaud HP216A speaker bi wire and it is an improvment over the single run of AZ Hologram I used before. They are very defined across the spectrum and extremely revealing without being bright in the slightess, they also are very dynamic. In comparison the Hologram was a little warmer but less defined and extended, I do not want to mislead about the Hologram as it was very competitive and in some ways I preferred the tone, but not quite up to the match of the HP216A in any other area.

happy listening,
Phil

I don't know if you're still following this post but this was instrumental in my determinations for my FINAL (at least for a year) system. I just snagged a pair of bi-wire JMR cables to put onto my Trentes. With the crap cables I have now they are just starting to really sing (the breakin period is all they claim it is).

Hope you are enjoying yours as much as I am mine.

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