Upgrading my system


I am a bit of an anglophile when it comes to my music system. Currently have a Magnum IA170 integrated amp driving a pair of Castle Durham speakers. Sound is nice, warm but not overwhelming and detail could be better. Looking at Belles Aria Signature or Hegel H190 or Musical Fidelity M5si integrated amps.

 

Also looking at speaker upgrades considering Harbeth P3 ESR XD or ProAc D2R with ribbon tweeters.

 

Any experience with any of these components and recommendatios? Listening room is 15 x 14, carpeted hardwood floors, fairly decent acoustically.

 

Thanks for any thoughts.

zpuckhead

wait for a pair of aluminum/ ceramic tweeter Treo... Johnny R will watch for ya...

Have had Belles amp was great lots of power 

speakers -as bad as  as choosing coffee! Or tea

Short term sparkle may not be good for extended listening

dont laugh but a pair of Elac 2.0/6.2 standmounts with the correct power are just 

unreal! And that's from a geek who owned ESL57, Maggies, Tad, Boulder, McIntosh  , and even Dynaco!


these speakers like power- 6 ohms and87.0 dBSPL. Not efficient 

I had them with a Peachtree integrated pushing almost 250 watts at 4 ohms and no need for a subwoofer!!   In a 12'x14' room- clean sound

Andrew Jones design!

I'm done with hi price means better performance!

BTW try Blue Jeans Cable- great price super workmanship and they do sound great! They use canare ends!