need your advice on speakers and CD players


    Hi audiopeople! I'm almost ready to buy a system and would need your advice. I have a room that is 12 x 20 feet with an 8 1/2 foot ceiling. I listen to acoustic jazz, vocals, Brazilian, African, R&B, and classic rock. I will be sitting about 9 feet from the speakers, which will be about 2 feet from the rear wall. 
    I love the Harbeth M 30.1.  I also really like the Dynaudio Confidence C1, but I'm concerned about the rear porting, and think the Harbeths sound more natural -- any thoughts?
    I'm going to get the Luxman 507 ux integrated, and either the Luxman CD-05 or CD-06 CD player. Has anybody out there listened to both? Is the CD-06 worth 4K more?
   I'm planning on using Audience 24SE cables. Your thoughts are most appreciated.

woofergirl

Showing 1 response by toneranger58

I listened to both of the speakers you note, this weekend, at the AXPONA show. While both were very good I favored the Dynaudio. Plenty of bottom with great sound staging and depth, the speakers were about 2 feet from the front wall, in a challenging hotel room. They performed nicely on Jazz, Acoustic (real nice), Vocals and Electronic. Sounded very natural to me. Also note 3 separate rooms had the Dynaudio, the dealers liked them a lot too.

You are putting together a very nice system. Also note there are some very fine used CD players out there, where you can get a lot of bang for your dollar.