First Hi-Fi system

"I was considering those without listening to them although I would love to give my business to the local store but the used market is really hard to pass up."

Do you really think this is fair to the dealer after you used his time, expertise, and store? I buy my gear used to save too, but not after I've auditioned it at a dealer. Sure you take a risk you wont like it, but you can re-sell it. My 2 cents.

Disclaimer- Not a dealer

I appreciate all your responses. I did purchase the pathos classic one and the dynaudio x12 from the dealer (after a little negotiation).

I can't wait to start listening!

Wow that was fast (thread, responses, purchases on the same day!

If the funds are available consider a sub. Dyn's are great but at the monitor level a sub will bring out a truly huge upgraded sound. I have the C1's with a sub and I will at times leave the sub off. Do they sound great - Oh Yeah. But with most (not all) recording the sub just adds that little bit of weight to everything. Makes them sound like they are much larger than just monitors.

A couple of months ago I heard the Consequences UE and the X12's side by side (no sub). Different electronics and cables but the X12's really sound fantastic.

Not sure about the break-in time of the X12's but if they are like my C1's don't make any judgments till the have a good 300 hrs on them. Mine sounded great out of the box but after 100 - 150 hrs they sounded like cr@p. At 200 hrs they sounded close to out of the box but at 400 mine got so much better than that.

Congrats

CONGRATULATIONS !!!.... Now, forget about the equipment, sit back, and enjoy the music. Dig up a few discs of your favorite tunes, put a comfortable chair in the ideal listening position (this may take some trial and error experimentation...but have fun doing it and don't stress out), and have a great time with your newly acquired listening pleasure !!