Hi there. I've been reading this forum for about a year and had some good advice in the past, not to mention picking up some excellent speakers from the classified section!
I'm curious about suggestions for interesting or fun ideas for a third system.
My main system in the living room (2.8m x 4.3m) is a Linn Wakonda and LK140 and a pair of Harbeth HL2 speakers. The second system in my study (2.3x2.3m) is a Yamaha A-S500 and a pair or Rogers JR149 set up in an extreme nearfield position. The source for each is the same: 2 x Technics 1210 and and a basic Ortofon concorde for vinyl and a Bluesound Node 2i and a Chord Qutest, all through a Mastersounds Radius 2. The Radius is a high end DJ mixer, which functions as a decent preamp for the record players and offers multiple outs to the two systems. Amongst other things, I get multi-room, but in a wired way. I would say that 80% of my listening is digital (Quboz or internet radio) and the music I listen to is fairly broad: folk, soul, electronic, ambient, paradise garage era disco, shoegaze, astral jazz, modern classical etc.
The first question then, is for interesting speaker and amp combinations for a third system in an open plan family room/kitchen diner (4m x 7m roughly). Everything would be in the family room end, but there are still plenty of hard surfaces around and conditions would be sub-optimal for serious listening. Currently, I'm using a pair of cheap active Mackie monitors, which are better than bluetooth speakers, but still limited. My budget would be maybe around £800 and I'd be interested in something fun and a bit different to the Harbeth/Rogers/BBC sound. In that area of the house, it would get a lot of use, sometimes as background music to cooking, eating but also some more focused periods of listening on the sofa.
The second question, is whether I should instead be thinking about upgrading part of the first two systems to free up kit for the third set up. I have a pair of Mordaunt Short Mezzo 2 speakers in storage that could be paired with one of the amps, if I upgraded there, for example. I'd be interested in suggestions for amps that would pair well with the Harbeths or the Rogers.
Thanks for reading!
I'm curious about suggestions for interesting or fun ideas for a third system.
My main system in the living room (2.8m x 4.3m) is a Linn Wakonda and LK140 and a pair of Harbeth HL2 speakers. The second system in my study (2.3x2.3m) is a Yamaha A-S500 and a pair or Rogers JR149 set up in an extreme nearfield position. The source for each is the same: 2 x Technics 1210 and and a basic Ortofon concorde for vinyl and a Bluesound Node 2i and a Chord Qutest, all through a Mastersounds Radius 2. The Radius is a high end DJ mixer, which functions as a decent preamp for the record players and offers multiple outs to the two systems. Amongst other things, I get multi-room, but in a wired way. I would say that 80% of my listening is digital (Quboz or internet radio) and the music I listen to is fairly broad: folk, soul, electronic, ambient, paradise garage era disco, shoegaze, astral jazz, modern classical etc.
The first question then, is for interesting speaker and amp combinations for a third system in an open plan family room/kitchen diner (4m x 7m roughly). Everything would be in the family room end, but there are still plenty of hard surfaces around and conditions would be sub-optimal for serious listening. Currently, I'm using a pair of cheap active Mackie monitors, which are better than bluetooth speakers, but still limited. My budget would be maybe around £800 and I'd be interested in something fun and a bit different to the Harbeth/Rogers/BBC sound. In that area of the house, it would get a lot of use, sometimes as background music to cooking, eating but also some more focused periods of listening on the sofa.
The second question, is whether I should instead be thinking about upgrading part of the first two systems to free up kit for the third set up. I have a pair of Mordaunt Short Mezzo 2 speakers in storage that could be paired with one of the amps, if I upgraded there, for example. I'd be interested in suggestions for amps that would pair well with the Harbeths or the Rogers.
Thanks for reading!