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Amplifier upgrade
Thank you for your responses. I also have an offer for Hegel h390 which seems interesting.I suppose these options are better than Marantz Ruby even i know I have to listen myslef first. 
KEF Reference 3
A friend of mine owns them less than half year. But also owns much more expensive gear and sells them to me to a very attractive price. Yes I'll try to hear them again. 
KEF Reference 3
Exactly. These are pretty accurate speakers and this sounded weird in my ears.I am accustomed to the rich and little warm character of concepts but still with much detail and information and 3D soundstage.But KEF's soundstage and depth was excepti... 
KEF Reference 3
Thank you for the response. Have you ever compared both speakers?Do you also have any suggestions for other amp/source?I thought the Marantz combo is good enough. 
Amplifier for Q acoustics concept 500
It's not that I do not like ruby. Ruby pairs very well with concepts.But I will always try to find the best possible amplification for my speakers.Maybe in the future I'll try more amps to pair  with concepts which i find them absolute;y great sp... 
Amplifier for Q acoustics concept 500
Finally I got it.After several hours of listening is for sure better and more balanced than my Harman kardon hk 990.Big soundstage, delicacy, nice vocals, guitars, piano etc sound indeed very good. It doesn't sound like previous marantz reference ... 
Amplifier for Q acoustics concept 500
Thank you for your answer. The fact than Ken Ishiwata have promoted ruby with concept 500 makes me thinking that it must be a good match but I may have different taste. So the personal listening is a must for sure.I owned marantz pm15s2 in the pas... 
Amplifier for Q acoustics concept 500
No-one having experience with these speakers? 
marantz pm-15s2
I used to own both yamaha a-s1000 and a-s2000. The first one with monitor audio bronze 2. The result was good but nothing special. Then I upgraded to harman kardon hk 990 which was also a bit dark but I liked it so much. Monitor audio bronze 2 sou...