I have auditioned many many top speakers. I have fallen in love with the new line of Vandersteen carbon's as they are at the most correct tonally that I've auditioned. I have owned Proac's, Maggies, Apogee's, Paradigm, Linn and a few other speakers.
I was a die hard tube amp guy, but since the MS, I need a SS amp. I am currently using the Ayre AX5/20 and QX5/20 dac/streamer. Both are different than what I have had in prior. Ayre is neither tube nor SS in sound. It's pretty correct tonally to my ears. Throws a stage that seems to be pretty accurate. I have had a few reference recordings on the system when a friend who's a producer brought over his reel to reel. He said that my system was outstanding in that is was so close to what he felt he laid down. That made me feel very good. I was upset when he wouldn't let me keep the deck, lmao.
I have The Memory Player server/streamer/DAC on order as an upgrade and will get the new Vandersteen mono blocks as soon as Richard starts to produce them in the next month or so I assume.
I was a die hard tube amp guy, but since the MS, I need a SS amp. I am currently using the Ayre AX5/20 and QX5/20 dac/streamer. Both are different than what I have had in prior. Ayre is neither tube nor SS in sound. It's pretty correct tonally to my ears. Throws a stage that seems to be pretty accurate. I have had a few reference recordings on the system when a friend who's a producer brought over his reel to reel. He said that my system was outstanding in that is was so close to what he felt he laid down. That made me feel very good. I was upset when he wouldn't let me keep the deck, lmao.
I have The Memory Player server/streamer/DAC on order as an upgrade and will get the new Vandersteen mono blocks as soon as Richard starts to produce them in the next month or so I assume.