New speakers dilemma for vinyls... Heeelp! :)))

@oldaudiophile thanks again for another wise recommendation...Just checked their website, I'm thinking of one of these kits... Any specific one to recommend that you personally bought? Also curious to know your opinion regarding the Pro-Ject VC S2 Alu. Today a guy from a shop I visited suggested it. We also listened to the Revel F208 but I honestly didn t like this speaker, so it s going to leave my starting list.

@jjss49 indeed, not such a bad thread, isn t it? Many good comments and wise suggestions. Plus it's remembering us that the Pass XA25 is not just a 25 Watts power amp. Just hoping to get more feedbacks regarding Volti's speakers. The Razz are on my shortlist, but if it's really worth it I could even wait more time, save more money and seriously consider the Rival's. That would be great to hear how the Rivals compare to the Razz and to the Cornwall IV for example. Hope someone will share some opinions:)

@bdp24 - Vinyls? Um, they’re called LP’s. Or records. ANYTHING but vinyls, for gawd’s sake.

@ozzy62 - Please don’t call records “vinyls”

I disagree. “Vinyl” (singular) is the common term referring to vinyl LPs. Google “online record store” and you’ll see many websites use the term “vinyl”. Even DISCOGS, perhaps the largest used record website uses the term “vinyl”.

@adversam- the Kirmuss Audio KA-RC-1 ULTRASONIC RECORD RESTORATION SYSTEM is about $1k. It cleans at least as well as the Degritter and Audiodesk but is a manual process

@kennyc thank you so much, i'll check it! this thread is getting more and more interesting:)

some personal thoughts and observations based on the discussion and opinions expressed so far...

1 - spendors are truly excellent speakers, but one must understand that today’s spendor has two parallel lines of speakers, one called 'classic' (their historical, brilliant, bbc-design speakers, modernized somewhat over time) and the other. 'd-line' of floorstanders (e.g., d7 or d9), which are modern design, heavily braced, dead cabinets, more contemporary, more detailed, ’more hifi’  and vivid kind of sound -- think of the classic series as harbeth competitors, and the d series as proac competitors -- my personal favorite among all these is the spendor sp100 series (old or newer revised ones) and am quite lucky to have finally chased down another set again, after selling amy first pair in 2009/10 to try harbeth mon 40’s, and regretting the sale since that time...

2 - it is certainly worth pursuing higher efficiency speakers, as there are so so so many benefits to having one which you like the sound of --- which is the key, and, the key challenge imho --- i have been at this since the early 80’s in a serious way, been through cabasse, zu, klipsch 2-3 times, avant garde horns at one point even, smaller audio notes --- each time driven by the desire to use brilliant low powered s-e tube amps by gordon rankin, dennis had, air tight and so on... but i personally have never (in all those attempts over the years) been able to warm up to their sound, their slight ’honkiness’ and paper cone/nasal coloration which, to my ear, all have, more or less

3 - i have not heard the volti nor the latest klipsch cw4... perhaps these are now finally free of those troublesome colorations

no doubt a great deal of this depends on what one listens to, your room, your set up, your ancillaries, and most importantly, your personal tastes -- as a listener, what you have been conditioned over time to view and accept as good, proper, ’real’ sounding music