I haven't been this excited in a while!

@wester17 

I am really thinking these could be just what I have been searching for because I think everyone can agree that Harbeth are anything BUT bright.  With me being so sensitive to brightness I may have opened the door to climb the 40 series ladder.

@jferro 

That is exactly the experience I have had.  I listened casually at LMC Entertainment and then spent a few hours at Evolution Home Theater in Atlanta.  All the Wilson speakers sounded amazing.  The largest they had were the Alexia V.  They all sounded incredible down to the Sabrinas.  I am over trying to figure it out.  It doesn't matter....the ones I purchased did not work in my system for my ears.  I was not willing to change everything else to try and make a particular speaker work.  I love my ARC system and want a speaker that is compatible with my room and system.  The Sophias do a great job but I know it can be better.  The best demo I have ever had was visiting EgglestonWorks and sitting in Jim Thompson's office/sound room.  He has the big Ivy Signature SEs set up probably about 15 feet apart in a huge space.  They created the most amazing wall of sound I have ever heard.  The old Sears building here in Memphis has a Listening Lab with vinyl you can check out and sit at a variety of stations with a turntable and headphones.  Jim set up some of the same Ivy speakers there playing music in a big sound room and they have special listening events as well.  I took my daughter there a few weeks ago and she said, I always like your stereo at home but that just sounded different...it was really good!  It was warmer and more lifelike/natural.  That's what I am searching for.  Jim uses Bryston amps in that Sears system.  I can't remember what he had in his office.

@dhite71 

In December of ‘24 I bought a pair of what will hopefully be my last set of speakers.  The Sonus Farber Amati G5’s are almost everything that I could ever want in a speaker.  If you get a chance, try to hear a pair or two.

All the best.

@curiousjim 

Those or simply the Traditions are also on my list but are at a much higher pricepoint so that will be down the road.  I have always admired their design and been curious about the sound in my system.  

Glad they worked so well in your system, which looks great.  I really like those hybrid mono blocks.  I haven't ever had the opportunity to hear any PS Audio gear but have always admired the company. 

Curios of your experience with the Node + LPS compared to the N200.  I tried an N10 a few years ago compared to a Node2i and didn't appreciate enough of a difference to keep the N10.

Is it too late to say, "Thats what she said"?

@arafiq 

Well, I sent you a PM to continue our conversation from a year ago and just the mention of past speakers that were for sale and trying other speakers made the Audiogon police sniff a possibility of losing out on some fees and now I have to have a payment method to continue the conversation there.  This community is so solid and trustworthy and it is very disheartening to be treated like mischievous children.....ugh.  

I see you also had a negative experience with the Maggies.  I don't criticize Magnepan as I know many love the sound they produce, I just think that very few of us have the right room to allow them to produce this sound.  I have never experienced a speaker that was so sensitive to placement.  The sound change was remarkable as I moved them around in my asymmetrical music room but never sounded right.  When I moved them out to wait on a buyer, I set them up in my dining room for a little while as it is a symmetrical room.  They were still not in an ideal position but with much lesser electronics, sounded pretty good.  Audio Research has used them to develop their gear for many years, along with Wilson Audio and Sonus Faber.  I hope to find a dealer some day that has some properly set up to fully appreciate what they can do.