Purchasing KIT/DIY or products with little or no brand recognition can offer a high level of performance/price ratio but with caveats. Resale value is non-existent, customer service/repairs are an issue, company longevity is at a greater risk. Purchasing this type of gear does not make you "smarter than the next guy" or I’m sticking it to the big guy, why would you desire that type of attitude? The 4x-5x greater price/performance ratio is grossly overstated. I have heard many kit and off brand speakers, at best there competitive with the mainstream competition.
Upgrade my HiFi setup!
Hi all,
I’m looking for some suggestions on an upgrade.
I have a 10 SQM (3.5x2.9) acoustic room with Kef LS50 powered by Rega Brio just for music listening.
I want to upgrade it. Budget about $10K.
I thought about Monitor Audio G6 Gold 300 + Roksan Caspian 4G (the streaming version with the BluOS).
What do you think, does someone have any suggestion?
I’m mainly listening to electronic music and hip hop but sometimes find myself listening to rock, live music and other genres.
Thanks in advance for any help 🙂
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Thanks for the feedbacks! The LS50 have their own plan, the will move to the living room and the Rega Brio will be replaced with Hegel H120, but this is story for another day. My planned setup shaped a little bit more, it will be Monitor Audio PL100 G3, Chord Qutest, Room Nucleus and I’m still thinking on what integrated amplifier to choose. do you have any idea on an integrated amplifier that will fit this setup like a glove to hand? |
nadav1ktz, "I’m looking for is with the sound quality the speaker produced, soundstage, details, dynamics and transparency." I’ll preface my comments with all room/systems are different, but I’ll share my experience with you. I often debate about what to upgrade to improve the soundstage, details, dynamics, and transparency in my own system. So two years ago I started upgrading my components. I went from a Jeff Rowland 625 S2 to Jeff Rowland 735 mono-amps. I added dual REL No, 32 subwoofers, I upgraded my music server to an Antipodes Oladra. Most recently I changed from GIK acoustic room treatment to Artnovion Acoustics. Everything matters and with each upgrade I heard improvements. My system/speakers sound completely different from when I started the upgrade process. Based on what I’ve learned during this experience I would start with acoustic room treatment. I had to send a diagram and panoramic picture of my room to my dealer. The dealer installed my room treatment a couple of days ago. The new room treatment has transformed my system...the soundstage is bigger with more depth, increased transparency and detail. |
Thanks for sharing your experience @ricred1 Sounds like an amazing experience to me 😊 |
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