Tidal Contriva Diacera or Aerial 20T V2

You don't even need the Diacera. Just the Tidal Contriva itself is miles ahead of the Aerial 20T (I have only listened to the previous version of Aerial)

Mike, the Verity is absolutely world class. What does the Tidal have that the Verity does not?

Linkster the Sarastro is an amazing speaker for all kinds of unamplfied music.

But I think Tidal sounds like nothing at all, more than any other speaker I have auditioned. It doesnt have preferences in music, and you can also upgrade it later to Diacera. I really think that you have to listen to a Tidal (not you, hehehe) to really understand what it is about! As a friend of mine is said it is like you are directly connected with the studio that the music was recorded.

So it sounds as if you're inclined to go with the Contriva an opposed to the Contriva Diacera SE with upgrades considered at a later time?

Hi Argyro. Regarding preference in music. I am not sure about up the Tidal line, but in the Piano series, at least according Jorn, the type of music does make a difference. What they told me is the Piano Cera is a better speaker overall than the Piano Classic, but for the type of music I listen to, rock/pop mainly, the Piano Classic would be a better fit. They explained the Cera is more revealing and will show a recording is really bad, and of course a lot of rock/pop recordings are, but the Piano Classic will still make music out of less than stellar recordings.