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I had a pair of 301s pass through my hands very briefly about 25 years ago. I thought they were awfulOriginally Posted by Sam72
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The Sonabs use paper coned tweeters too, but rather decent sounding items. Most paper cone tweeters are a bit of a disaster. There have been a few exceptions. EMI, Goodmans, KLH and AR spring to mind.
Some of the earlier Sonabs use the superb Philips 9710M 8" unit as the main driver. Worth looking out for.
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Planning on a change with the Cyrus and B&Ws....
Thinking NVA monoblocks, NVA passive pre, NVA phono stage, Sony CDP-338ES, Denon DP37F with DL110 and Duevel Planets....
Might be worth a listen?
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I've not heard planets but I wouldn't be surprised if they went well with NVA amps.
I recently tried a small pair of semi omnidirectional speakers myself and they were well surprising.
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If you want the NVA house sound then I'm sure it will sound great. But... there are plenty of other options out there too so I'd suggest you experiment with other kit as well.
Jerry might be the guy to come in here to suggest something, maybe?
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I've had two Cyrus set ups and find them very neutral...to the boredom...
Edit: And I allmost fogot all the loading issues with cps...
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I guess it's the neutrality that I have problem with! For around £1.5k-£2k, for excitement and dynamics, without being tiring, what amp options could I look at?
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IMO amp choice really depends on the speakers you want them to drive.
Bit of a chicken and egg scenario - amp/speaker synergy needs to be considered as a single item.
I must admit my own current views are that you don't need to spend Big Money on an amp to get great sound.
Get an easy to drive speaker and it's amazing how good it can sound with a judiciously chosen moderate price amp.
Choose your speakers, then choose an appropriate amp to drive them.
If you want to chop & change speakers (great fun!) then be prepared to change amps to suit them.
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