I would look at Omega loudspeakers. Nice quality and easy to drive. You could go with a floorstander like the Omega Super 3 XRS ($1095) or go up a little in their line to the Compact Alnico Monitor ($1495). Either one can be paired with the Vista Audio Spark Integrated amp ($349).. great results have been reported when pairing with this amp.
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Omegas would work as well. I have owned a few over the years. The Super 7 mkII are very sweet @ $1000 The Super 7 are also the least amplifier fussy of the line and do well with both tubes and solid state. Also, the least fussy with placement. https://omegaloudspeakers.com/collections/monitor-speakers/products/super-7-monitor-speaker?variant=32164679756 I would still go with an amp that allows both analog and digital connections. I am old school and use a Rega Brio with Omega CAMs, but also used the Rega with the Super 7s. Rich |
Marantz pm5005 integrated $499 Pro-ject x1 $699 (comes w/ sumiko mm) Wharfedale diamond 220’s $349 Marantz cd5005 $399 Musical fidelity v90 dac $299 This outta do it! Slightly over budget at $2245, but those are all retail prices and you can grab any of the above at great prices, especially through Amazon. In fact everything above is available on Amazon, how is that for easy! The diamond 220’s do midrange and bass far above its price point (whathifi 5 stars) The marantz are very musical components with that classic warmish sound signature. The pro-ject was reviewed by fremmer (and he was impressed), and the v90 dac is border line class a component in stereophile. Not certain how you could go wrong or do any better than above. Just a note, and to shave off a bit of dough, if you can score an old play station 1, I’ve read an article and review that indicated that the playstation is a killer cd player..... |
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