The reviewer, John Darko, was impressed by these small speakers.
Need to downsize my system
I have a lovely system with Sonus Faber Serafino Tradition speakers, Ayre AX5-Twenty integrated, Chord Dave DAC, and a cambridge audio streamer.
I’m moving to London (from US) this summer and am liquidating the above system: among other factors, I will not have a dedicated study/listening room but instead will need to either double duty with the family room or a smallish (12x13 feet) bedroom. So ideally I’ll move to a system where speakers are less imposing and smaller footprint (so likely standmounts) and an all-in-one streamer-dac-integrated system. A two box setup (streamer+dac and integrated) could also be feasible.
I would love some recommendations on where to start. An obvious alternative is to buy the Sonus Faber Guarneri G5 (which are basically the standmount and newer version of my Serafino) and Ayre EX-8. I’m also open to the idea of a sub to complement the standmounts.
I listen mostly to classic rock and Jazz. I’m sensitive to hard/shrill sound so the Sonus Faber house sound has been perfect for me. Most important is the sound but looks also matter: an ugly rectangular box that sounds wonderful will likely not work for me.
I would love to hear any ideas. Thinking of spending total of about 25-30K UKP and will consider demo/used.
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I have similar space and budgetary constraints. So, for me it’s the Pass Labs INT-60 and MSB Discrete DAC with the MSB Renderer module for streaming with Roon from my NAS and through Tidal. Since you are going to the UK, you might also consider a Sugden integrated amp and possibly Harbeth speakers or ProAc standmounts, which I believe pair very well with the Sugden. You might also want to check out the following two articles in The Absolute Sound: https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/building-a-compact-reference-system-part-1-requirements/ https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/building-a-compact-reference-system-part-2-implementation/
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Its not like you had some upsized system to begin with...for downsizing. Just get a pair of headphones and try to enjoy some horrid British food and weather. Bon voyage.
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