Devore or Audio Note or other sensitive speakers: wanting to listen in Denver

@hilde45 As you already know, Denver/front range isn’t where you will find an Audio Note or Devore dealer. To hear these two wonderful speaker brands in a dealer environment, you might consider a 1 day round trip flight to Chicago. From DIA to Chicago and back is cheap and easy. Mike Kay/Audio Archon in Chicago is a dealer for both Audio Note and Devore and last time I spoke with him he had O96’s, the Super Nines and AN-E SPE HE’s. Your next best bet might be to fly to LA where you have both a Devore dealer and an Audio Note dealer and of course there is always Pitch Perfect in Palm Springs for Devore. Bespoke in Salt Lake City used to be a dealer for Audio Note and may still have some speakers and he may be picking up Devore. Tyson is a great guy, he deals mostly in one on one Shindo based custom systems. He may also have Audio Research, Meitner, etc but he has the large Shindo field coils in the event you want to ruin your speaker quest for all time.

Which Devores and Audio Notes are you most interested in?

I didn’t know if you looked at any local dealers or not. I saw one carried Klipsh and JBL, both high efficiency.

I also noted that one of the dealers in Denver carried ProAc. I owned Quicksilver amps at one point and they were a good match with ProAc speakers.

Arizona Hi Fi in Phoenix carries Devore O96 and Shindo Lafita speakers if you want a shorter flight than Chicago, but there is not an Audio Note dealer in Phoenix.

Good luck with your search.

@jperry Thanks for clarifying. I'll look for the ProAc. It looks like a flight may be in order. 

@ghasley I may need to go somewhere. I'm interested in any Devore or Audio Note speaker. I need to grok their sound, in general, the way I was able to with the Spatials with a local bloke.

The point of this post is to see if any private individual in Denver has these speakers and might be willing to meet up.

I posted this question about Spatials on AudioCircle and had someone reply in less than an hour with an invite to come over to his house. We had a great time.

Have you checked with Audio Alternative in Fort Collins?  I know at one tiime he had some Zu speakers.

@hilde45 can you broadly describe your room and the desired setup? The sound between the O series and the Audio Note is vaguely similar but it all depends on the room because they each kindof get there via opposite origins. For instance, if you don’t have corners, Audio Note can be challenging. If all you have are near wall options in your room, Devore can sometimes over load the room. I’ve had AN-E and O96 in the same room with the same gear and lets just say it takes some work…its worth it but it takes work. Setup is key and the placement of these two speakers is not even remotely similar.