Time to move on, Quad, Coincident or Ref 3a

"Musically is one aspect I cant give up"

Then don't overlook the Silverline Bolero. If that don't put a 'musical' smile on your face, nothing will. It's by far the most musical speaker I've ever owned. If your interested its been reviewed by several magazines on the net and I think Potis of 6moons hits it fairly closely. If you get interested and want specific input, ask.

Have you heard these speakers? Of all of the speakers I've heard in my life, the Quad 2905's were easily the best to these ears. I don't have them because I'm in a 10x12 room. If I had the room, they'd be sitting in it right now.

The amp you have makes a big difference. 3 watt SET for the Coincidents or 200 watts for the Quads? We need to know more...

Absolutely no way to answer your question with info provided.

-Rob

Wow, four very different loudspeakers.

I don't have much experience with the current Quads, so I'm not the best resource to speak on them. Of course, history is on the side that Quads will provide you with musicality.

Coincident Super Eclipse is a nice speaker, but I think the Total Eclipse would be worth moving up to instead. I currently have a pair of Coincidents, so I'm obviously a fan. While they do well on low power, which is what they are well known for, they do even better with more (tube) power.

Heard the Grand Veenas a couple of weeks ago with a friend, using a BAT tube power amplifier. I'm left tremendously impressed with them, to the point where I'm hoping to purchase them at some point.