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A thin and elegant system?

If I add up the weight of everything in the front of my music room, it is over 500 pounds and pretty much fills a 16' wide wall. Don't get me wrong... it is all there for a reason and produces some wonderful sound, but it got me wondering if there was an alternative out there that was the opposite.

Minimalist, elegant, thin.

So that is the foundation of my question: What thin and elegant speakers do you know of that produce amazing sound?  What dac/amp/receiver that is outside of the standard component box shape?

I'd like to keep the cost of the entire system under $5K.

Thanks!




sarsicism
erik_squires
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I was about to recommend Devialet, but I just saw their prices.  Ouch.

Monitor Audio Radius are very neutral, but sound like small speakers. Just can't get a lot of bass out of tiny woofers, around $1250 new.

As for electronics..... hmmm, you are in the Bel Canto range, especially used. If you only had a turntable and 1 analog source, the Mytek Brooklyn would do DAC and preamp duties.  Then you'd just have to figure out your amp solution.  Bel Canto e series amps would do.

Otherwise, the Parasound Halo Integrated is in your budget, and has a built in DAC. 
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dekay
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I’m imagining a wall of sound composed of 500 pounds of thrift shop/craigslist items patched together.

Might help if you list your current 500LB setup.
sarsicism OP
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This is more of an exercise in possibility rather than an actual purchase.  I was just curious what was out there in that design.

I haven't really seen anything like what I am thinking, as most towers use 6-8" wide drivers on the front.  Perhaps it is the limit of physics.

As for my gear, Salk & Emotiva
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sbank
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Depends on perspective...line array speakers are often very thin & tall, while planars just the opposite. 

Bel Canto was a good suggestion for small cabinet electronics. Really most of the class D amps these days are small (e.g. Rowland, Rogue, etc.) If you configure something like a Vinny Rossi LIO, you can get amp/pre/dac all in one box, feed it from a NAS in another room and some skinny speakers and there wouldn't be much to look at...Cheers,
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mapman
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Yes the Bel Canto gear can solve that problem quite nicely.

Corner placement of speakers can work quite well in many cases and  is an additional way to free up space.
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