Looks like the dealers hands are already trying to get into your pocket. Oddiofyl gives great advice. You really should look around and try different brands, systems. I like Vandersteen Quatro CT, Ayre and Magnepan as brands mentioned to listen to. Also try open baffle and Horn speakers (Klipsch and Volti come to mind). With horns you don’t have to spend tons of $$ on amp power. A quality mid current/watt amp can fill a room with high efficiency speakers. Good luck.
Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room
Newbie here. Wife and I are looking to turn our Great Room into a listening room. It’s roughly 21’X’19 and has a cathedral ceiling that is 11’ tall at the wall and 20’ tall at the apex. Spoke to a good hifi dealer in the area who made the following recommendations/proposal and I’m curious if this group may have any input for getting maximum bang for my buck. Basically, with a budget around 35k (or thereabouts) would you buy something similar or are there any components you’d add or swap out?
Paradigm Persona 3F
McIntosh MA8950
Pro-Ject Xtension 9 w/ Ortofon Black Cartridge
Sony ES DSD Music Server (this one concerns me a touch in that it appears to be an 8 yr old product line).
Thanks so much in advance for your collective expertise. My wife isn’t going to let me drop money into this for another 15 years so I need to get it right the first time.
If it matters, our musical taste is quite varied: classical, jazz, classic rock, alternative, hip hop. My mother complained in my youth that if i had 10 bucks I would just buy a CD with it. She is still right.
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Be cautious of any Canadian made speaker. Most of them are made as tested in the nation research ce ters anicocic chamber they sound good if you build your room into a chamber as well if not you have a ear bleeding bright system that sounds awful. The trashcan kid tweeters they put in most of them along with tubby bass. Remember when you look at speakers if it says made in Canada it's just another cheap Canadian speaker. Paradigm may have got better but I had there top speaker years ago and that was the start of my first real system. I still likely have blood stain on the floor from the blood that poured our of my ears. I have not bother to listen to a pair again ad I don't even need to hear a pair again. Remember another of people build speakers but there are very few good ones. Also don't forget horn speakers sound good at ballparks usually bright a d or enough room. Volume for everything to integrate well between the drivers. You do have a large volume room but I would hesitate on a horn speaker as well. On wire if you are a bit handy my recommendation for wire would be furutech there products are very good performers and cheap at the level the play at.
https://www.partsconnexion.com/wire-cable-non-terminated.html
Look at the top and second from the top wires in each category. |
Always refreshing to see some members who truly appreciate the value of the room first before the audio equipment. It's like a house, without a solid foundation all you got is a house of cards. Lots of wasted effort and money. Smart of the OP to have paid attention and contacted GIK. Glad I could help. |
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