If you are not a dealer, I presume you must live in a mansion.I have 17 pairs of speakers just at the moment...
If you are not a dealer, I presume you must live in a mansion.I have 17 pairs of speakers just at the moment...
We seem to share some history here. Can I please ask what you liked in particular about the Concept 40s? I've never heard them. What size room did you have them in?Tannoy dc2000 about 30 years ago.
Amphion Xenon2 about 15 years ago.
QAcoustics Concept 40 about 5 years ago.
ATC SCM19v2 about 2 years ago.
Currently running Monitor Audio Gold 300 latest gen.
Had a few on demo over the years but it was ATC and Totem that tend to have given me the fondest memories. Those QAcoustics were particularly good and one of the lower cost speakers I have had, I put that down to the Hegel h160 amp and the room at the time.
Speakers '97 (when I left school!) to date...
1)Whatever came with my Sony minisystem, upgraded with...
2)Richer Sounds Gale minimonitors (still have 'em somewhere), plus some old...
3)Goodmans Minsters (I think) when I got my first separates (Richer's + oxfam) then aquired...(the Goodmans are now with my sister)
4)2 huge pairs of Wharfedale e-series things, that were going in the skip at my student union! Big, fun speakers, could be a bit ragged sounding, but I was happy till I was working and had some money to spend, so I gave them to a workmate and bought...
5)Spendor Preludes off ebay, nice, warm, bbc sounding, powered by Quad 34/306...zzzz. Until a dodgy ic between pre and power = blown tweeters. So whilst trying to find new tweets, I bought some...
6)Linn Saras "ooh, they look interesting" then found tweets for the Spendors, fixed them, tried them and thought "hmm, sound a bit boring compared to the linns". Passed them to my father, flogged the quad combo, bought Nap160/Nac32.5. Enjoyed...til I started thinking "I fancy some Isobariks" so from another pfm'er I bought...
7)Linn Isobarik PMS's (early '80s, but with late panelled stands and external passive x-overs) Great! Gradually added 2 more 160's, to tri-amp, then a Naxo for active. Lovely!
Recently added a Linn Centrik and put the Saras in as rears for AV, and that's me sorted for the foreseeable future...
Well, divorce forced an unexpected move to a flat for a couple of years and I treated myself to a Hegel h160 ampdac and my local dealer in Shrewsbury were doing a great deal on the qacoustics, I took my amp in for a demo and really liked what I heard. That room was about 4 X 7m, my room at the flat was about 3.5 X 4.5. the only word I can use is 'energy'. They just had a lovely bounce to them along with a sparkling top end. They just were a joy to listen to and an amazing bargain to boot at the 700 I paid new.We seem to share some history here. Can I please ask what you liked in particular about the Concept 40s? I've never heard them. What size room did you have them in?