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Best speaker/system piano concerts

Hi,

I enjoy many type of music but am a big fan of piano concerts. I’ve been to Hifi shows before but often find the music that they are playing not to my taste. 

Does anyone have recommendations for a speaker and amplifier that would be great to reproduce big piano plays realistically? I don’t think it’s easy for a system to have the speed and weight that the piano produces.

Would say speakers that are around 20-25k second hand and amps of 10-15k used

Looking forward to your suggestions.


hififreakk
auxinput
2,920 posts
 
wow, I think we all did more harm than good at this point.  With speakers, I have noticed that there are sometimes going to be 12 different opinion on what is best. lol.  sorry.
terry9
2,333 posts
 
The soundboard of a 6' grand is about 25 square feet. IMO, to reproduce that believably takes a comparable radiating area.

That leaves big planar speakers or big planar speakers. I use Quad 2905's. Amplification is full complementary class A solid state from MC to speaker.

I get best results from the 0.25mV MC with active amplification rather than transformers, even the very best, which I also have. Piano also requires a very low load = high input impedance at the phono = 47K.

Even so, doesn't quite sound like the grand upstairs.
wolf_garcia
6,695 posts
 
Great piano reproduction by any system becomes evident when you notice that all recorded pianos sound somewhat different from each other.
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czbbcl
1,752 posts
 
Without going into wordy sonic descriptors I would go with Focals you pick the model based on budget along with Pass Labs amplification preferable something in the XA series.  

Chuck 
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kalali
1,977 posts
 
Here you go:

https://carusopianos.com/browse-pianos/player-pianos

Best reproduction of piano sound.
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