Bump, OP what’s happening on the loudspeaker search? I think we were discussing on another thread. My dealer told me I needed the 9h for my room, but tbh the 7f do pretty good. If after I complete my circuit. The Blade, A5, and ns5000 still need to be eliminated before I decide. I have found the persona amp combo for me and the price is reasonable. I doubt the other models will reach their potential with the electronics I’ll be feeding them but thats the reality. The best sound I can afford.
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I heard the 9H at a dealer today. I have heard the 5F at another dealer and loved it with SimAudio Moon gear. I heard the 3F with NAD gear at the same dealer and liked it enough to consider buying it (with other electronics). Today the 9H with Mark Levinson was not that great. The bass was incredible, maybe the best I have ever heard in any speaker. I had very high expectations based on the prior 5F demo. I won’t get into the details of what I did not like because I think the setup must have been bad and not reflective of the speakers ability. The 3F and 5F shouldn’t be better sounding than the 9H in an adequate room. However, after this 9H demo, I have decided that I will get the Blade 2 for my downstairs after COVID is over and the META technology is trickled up from the new LS50 to the Blade. I have heard the Blades a few times and every single time it has been magic for me. It did not matter what gear, I just loved the Blades with all the gear I heard. I recently bought my second favorite speaker, a used Thiel CS3.7 for my office. I was sure I would get the Yamaha NS5000 for the office but a local sale of a CS3.7 came up and the CS3.7 has always been my second fav speaker, after the Blades. I have refurbished them with new OEM COAX drivers, outriggers, new paint, and maybe a new OEM crossover (to be determined). I also thought the "bookshelf" NS5000 had more bass than the floorstanding CS3.7 and that would be a bad thing in my smallish office. I still think those NS5000 drivers are pretty special maybe better than the great drivers on my Thiel CS3.7. The A5 was one I was also considering for my downstairs. Mainly because I liked the A3 and S3 MKII and also because it would be harder for my kid to knock down over the Blades (also a reason for considering the 9H). However, next year my kid is a year older and I should be OK with the Blades. |
This was the system on the 3F demo Preamp/Streamer: https://nadelectronics.com/product/m12-digital-preamp-dac/ https://nadelectronics.com/product/dd-bluos/ Amp: https://nadelectronics.com/product/m22-stereo-power-amplifier/ Cables: speakers, IC, power http://www.cardas.com/parsec_sp.php http://www.cardas.com/parsec_ic.php http://www.cardas.com/parsec_power.php Roon: https://roonlabs.com/nucleus.html |
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