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Down to 3 speakers, and I'am still confused

After months of listening to speakers, both home demo's, and dealer demo's, I am down to 3 speaker systems that I really like, but I can use some help, and extra ears on this one. I am really losing my mind here...First, my equipment consists of a plinius sa100 mk3 amp, a plinius m14 preamp, a classe .3 cd player (which I will upgrade next, but sounds pretty good) and jm reynaud twin mk3's. Don't get me wrong, the twins are a very good speaker, but I am ready for a floor stander, and I am not crazy about the reynaud line of floor standers. I really liked the reynaud trentes, but call me thick, I really want a floor stander. Ok here goes...yes they sound diff., and they have their own special strong points, but I am confused....The 3 speakers are b&w n804's, monitor audio gold ref. 20's, and sonus faber grand piano home. They are very close in price, which is about as much as I want to spend. I listen to a lot of different types of music (no hip hop, teckno, or country). My room size is 15x20, with wood floors, and a 6x8 rug in front of my present pair of speakers. Any help would be great. Thanks nyrgrs60
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dmichael
25 posts
 
Dynaudio's are an excellent match with Plinius, as noted here and elsewhere numerous times. The Contour line have an articulate top end with out harshness. One of the strengths of these speakers is their ability to please with many different types of music. This line(contour) is currently being phased out in favor of a redesigned Contour line. You may be able to get good dealer demo deals on the departing line.
nyrgrs60 OP
4 posts
 
I really do not want to lug the plinius to the dealers, due to it's weight, so I usually have them use something as close as poss. which I know is not easy. I am going to take the 804's home for a demo, but I can't do the same with the others..... I am not a fan of paradigm, but I have heard some great things about jm labs. If the price is in the same ballpark, I will try them... None of the speakers are sold by the same dealer, so I can't a/b them. I did this with the sonus faber gp's and the martin logan aeon's, and I thought the gp's had a much better lower end, and sounded better with a wide selection of music, as the logans really sounded great on vocals, and specific types of music (classical and jazz)... Thanks, nyrgrs60
musicslug
430 posts
 
I was recently comparing the GPs and the N804s as well (and Audio Physic virgos...). My conclusion was that if I only listened to Norah Jones and Patricia Barber, I'd be happy with the GPs, but if you ever want to listen to rock, go with the N804s. The GPs do not rock! They're just too sweet and polite and (maybe?) rolled off at the top. But really, any decent dealer should let you take them home for a day or a week so you can audition them in a realistic way!
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