Ditto Benzman, we just demoed a pair of the Persona 3F at a clients house, and the results were very interesting.
We came to his house and he had a Classe Cap 2100 a very good and respected 2010? integrated amp with a Bluesound Node2 Monster Cables and a set of Dali Helicon 1.
Decent sound but no real image width or depth and the sound was very cloudy.
We then added a great dac T+A Dac 8 DSD and a set of real cables to the mix, bigger soundstage, greater detail.
Then we added in power conditoner and power cables and the sound of the Dali's was very good finally got a good image floating in space
Now we chaged to the Persona 3F clarity better soundstage beter but the bass on the Dali was better.
Swapped out the crappy $300 Monster Cable with a set of Wireworld Silver Eclipse and boom sounded like a totally different system, huge soundstage, good image float, everything was improved.
Then we swapped in the Personas and the transparency was breathtaking but we all missed some of the Dali richness.
Took our a $13k Naim stack of amp/preamp and boom Personas now had deeper bass and everything was radically improved things floated in space and the midrange was richer and now they sounded like a $20k speaker not ones that sell for $10k.
Go hear the Personas with Naim it is a fantastic combo.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Persona and Naim dealers
We came to his house and he had a Classe Cap 2100 a very good and respected 2010? integrated amp with a Bluesound Node2 Monster Cables and a set of Dali Helicon 1.
Decent sound but no real image width or depth and the sound was very cloudy.
We then added a great dac T+A Dac 8 DSD and a set of real cables to the mix, bigger soundstage, greater detail.
Then we added in power conditoner and power cables and the sound of the Dali's was very good finally got a good image floating in space
Now we chaged to the Persona 3F clarity better soundstage beter but the bass on the Dali was better.
Swapped out the crappy $300 Monster Cable with a set of Wireworld Silver Eclipse and boom sounded like a totally different system, huge soundstage, good image float, everything was improved.
Then we swapped in the Personas and the transparency was breathtaking but we all missed some of the Dali richness.
Took our a $13k Naim stack of amp/preamp and boom Personas now had deeper bass and everything was radically improved things floated in space and the midrange was richer and now they sounded like a $20k speaker not ones that sell for $10k.
Go hear the Personas with Naim it is a fantastic combo.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Persona and Naim dealers