What components sound best with Reynaud Trentes?

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.

F7

Hey Y'all,

I'm very pleased that both of you gentlemen are enjoying your Trentes. I had a friend over the house about two weeks ago and he was impressed with the Trentes. He is a planar guy and considers point source speakers slow and lumbering. He felt the Trentes really held up well in my system and he plans on recommending them to two of his friends that are looking for monitors. I would also recommend both of you guys try the Stan Warren cables. I've A/B'd them against Transparent Super XLs, Acoustic Zen Satori and Hologram IIs and very recently with a pair of highly touted Xindak FS-2's and the Stan Warrens are still in my system. If either of you would like to contact Stan, send a private e-mail, I will be happy to pass on his #. For a cable that I paid $105 including shipping for a 10' pair, they have proven themselves unbeatable......John

Jrwr7

I can hardly tell these are box speakers, sometimes I THINK I can tell it is a serapate tweeter and sometimes I THINK I can hear the woofer going a little slower but the bottom line is the Trentes involve you in the music to a great extent, more than my old Maggie 1.6s.

I have to admit I am a bit skepical about Stan's wire, I have also read in Bound for Sound where Martin DeWolff makes a speaker wire from 6AWG 19 conductor wire from Lowes. He says it is a good as anything he has ever heard. I do plan on buying some and trying it out (if I can find it) as the cost would be about $50 or less. Frankly I am not expecting to like it better than the JMR wire and will use it in a second system. Time will tell. I have read so many posts with people asking how to get in contact with Stan Warren I am tempted not to contact him at all.

Fathom7

I hope you really like your Trentes as I do too. I am very happy with the HP216A wire and it's lack of character or bringing any attention to itself. Details come across in a very natural way. The bass is just amazing in my system and to think it is coming from those little speakers makes it harder to believe.

If anyone wants the info as to the exact wire from Bound for Sound I will dig it up and post it.

cheers
Phil