Best speaker/system piano concerts

I have owned a Bosendorfer 275 9ft concert grand for 30 yrs and love it but it takes careful tuning and voicing. I have performed on Steinways, Yamahas, Baldwins. My favorite is is the Bosendorfer 295. A beautiful instrument with weight and velvety highs with long decay. Malcolm Frager playing Chopin on Telarc and Ivan Davis playing Reminicences of Norma live are superb. The 2 Brahms and Ravel p.c. are lovely. A list of pianists and their works is another topic.
I find my Apogee Divas (Graz refurbished ribbons) and Scintillas driven by Krell amps and Audio Research tube preamps to offer extremely realistic reproduction of these pianos in my 20x27 listening room. I would put this system against any system today for classical, jazz or folk music (they are fine with rock but use a bit more punch). They offer a wide and deep soundstage, lightening fast, floating a lifelike image without inflating the size of the instruments. Only vinyl (Mapleknoll table) really can do justice to the dynamics and timbre of a concert grand with an orchestra. I have not heard a speaker system reproduce sound better - at least none under 100k - and they are 28 and 34 yrs old, respectively. I have not heard the Maggie 30.7 yet, but I'm good!!

Without a doubt Halcro 38 (which I have), or 68 for the  power amp plus their 8 or 10 (which I have) for pre. Seldom available 2nd hand ,but WELL worth waiting for. Agreed - ATC, or you could audition some von Schweikerts (from the VR4 upwards). As an aside - do hope your listening room has proper acoustic treatment, (this is a sine qua non !).

Best speaker/system piano concerts

To give the best piano rendition of a real piano that I've heard, you can't beat ESL's, and if you can afford it with a Plasma Super tweeter from 12 or 15khz up, depending on the ESL that's used..

Cheers George  

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If you’re after utmost accuracy to a live piano... you should consider the ATC’s mentioned above. There is a reason all the pro sound engineers use those speakers in their mastering.

That’s not to say, several others won’t sound great... but... if you’re really after accuracy you may want to follow the pros.

They do sound superb.  Check them out on YouTube and compare them to others there (e.g. Tannoy, B&W, Maggies, etc., etc.) - you'll get a pretty good idea of how they compare, despite the fact you aren't in the same room with them.  You'll be amazed.

And... they’re really not all that expensive, when you consider the most recent versions are powered by dedicated internal ATC amps for each driver. So... for $20,000 you get both the speakers and the amps. The integrated system designed for the utmost in clarity and accuracy.