I’m listening to Kruder & Dorfmeister right now and they’re sounding great (through my Hegel pre amp and Bel Canto monoblocks).
Nice!!!!
My mate has some Focal Elekras and raves about them.
I’m listening to Kruder & Dorfmeister right now and they’re sounding great (through my Hegel pre amp and Bel Canto monoblocks).
I would imagine it would be a great combination!I do sometimes wonder how Focals would sound with my Sugden A21a.
My current speakers, Pierre Etienne Leon from about 1988, were designed for the A21a and Sugden were the UK importers. They use Focal drivers in an isobarik arrangement.
Especially if the chosen speaker dips to 2.4 ohms impedance (according to OP)You need to choose the speakers before deciding on the amplifier, or it could go very wrong.
Especially if the chosen speaker dips to 2.4 ohms impedance (according to OP)
Agreed. As I have said before on here I listened to an MF 6iS500 with ATCs and it was seriously painful to listen to. Audio Research class D by comparison was smooooth and yet more detailed.God no!! They will make the Focals scream!! Total mismatch. Both are good but not together sorry.
To the op, room size, furnishings etc. you must mention these or your gonna get anything recommended without a thought.
Get home demos please, it’s a MUST!!
love MF kit but wouldn’t recommend if you haven’t heard or owned with the Focals. I have heard and my ears were burning!
Never heard with PMC but room acoustics play a massive part in choice of speaker.
Valves plus an explicit speaker is a good combination.I have the old Focal Electro 1027 BE.
My Amp is Primaluna Dialoque Premium Integrated.
Most of the time I listen acoustic music and with my ears it sound great.
Don't know if the Aria sound much different.
I wanted an all in one and I couldn’t find any that sounded better than separates except the Krell 300 at £9k with builtin streamer but no phono and it wasn’t better just different. The Naim Nova at £4k was easily outclassed by Naims cheap separates in direct comparison and also my Marantz at home.> 2 channel system for £6k - not incl. speakers
I'd definitely go for a top-drawer all-in-one I think. One costing about £4K, as what you get in such a single box will likely better £6K (probably more like £10K in fact) spent on a number of components of equal sound quality. A single fancy case and a single first-class power supply will save a ton of cash - and another huge bonus - NO CABLES!
You have the rare luxury of buying an entire system in one go. Most people look at their multi-box systems, decide which is the weakest link and look around to replace that link. This actually costs them more and they may never have a fully compatible system where all parts are of similar quality. Replacing a weakest link now simply means there's a new weakest link that will be niggling for replacement down the line.
There are some great all-in-ones at present and a carefully chosen one will match or better any multi-box £6K one. Piggy-bank the saved £2K towards a possible future speaker upgrade.