Jeff Rowland to what?

I would have to agree with ricred It will be very hard to beat the Monitor Audio PL 500 for what they do for the money. 

The new Heil drivers are a bit more laid back then the originals ribbons which were hyper detailed. 

Also the size of the speaker is going to create a very big sound. 

We are big fans of large speakers which help create a life like image and they do not suffer from dynamic compression.

What would be interesting would be a comparison of the Legacy Aeris which is alot like the PL 500 in terms of driver complement type and size.

I would not draw any conclusion as to Moon being a great choice because they use them at shows.

Many Canadian companies show together, and even though Monitor audio is an English brand their importer is Canadadian, add to that that Kevro the importer does not deal with any high end audio electronics lines, could explain the pairing.

Personally we never found the Moon gear to be great, kinds of sound like better Bryston, clean and a bit lean, detailed but not hyper resolving good bass.

We never found their products to be that interesting in terms of sound quality, design or technology, hence we skiped over them in our reference electronics search.

Troy and Dave
Audio Doctor
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We have the T+A PA 3000 amplifier and it is just a smoking amplifier.

http://www.ta-hifi.de/wp-content/uploads/HV_Serie_2017_GB.pdf

The integrated amplifier version which costs $19k was compared to $120k worth of CH Precision gear and Allan Taffel could barely tell the difference when he made the comparison.

T+A is one of those brands that just is not getting the notice the brand should be getting on these forums.

If you look at the last few reviews of their gear the reviewers all went banannas over the sound quality, build quality and technology.

The HV series is designed to directly mimic the sound of tubes by running solid state devices at high voltage rails with a similar capactiy of tubes.

The amplifier is a 300 watt power house with 500 watts into a 4 ohm load and can be upgraded by adding a outboard power supply and can even be turned into mono blocks.

Absolutely amazing sounding products, a warm midrange, huge sound stage, airy top end without sterility, a full puunch slightly big and warm bass response.

Add to this stunning good looks, managable weight, impeciable German craftsmenship and when compared to rival products the products that are being discussed usually run 2-3 times the price of the T+A products!

If you are ever in our neck of the woods, New York metro you should hear this gear it competes easily with the really expensive stuff yet is priced suprisingly at realistic and affordable levels for such gear.

http://reviewtechgame.blogspot.com/2014/07/ta-p3000a3000ps3000hv-prepower.html

Troy and Dave
Audio Doctor
877 428 2873