Accuphase Afficinado

Henrik Welcome to AS, you have great taste, Accuphase is made with extreme built quality and heavy duty as a Tank. I have a very soft spot for Accuphase having used my late DP500 CD player for 6 years. After that I used a Esoteric K-03 that I did like but the Red book was superior with the Accuphase. The problem here in the States the Accuphase marc up is to high.
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Angel

It is truly excellent equipment and is 100 percent made in Japan with no Chinese stuff in there. And yes, the mark up is high. I can refer you to a dealer in CA that gives great prices! PM me.
 
I just sold the C-200/P-300 set because I ran out of space. Excellent set, it really hurt to sell it.
 
Hello Everybody,

I am Henrik and I write from Denmark. Like everyone here I am passionate about the repreduction of music.

Besides of the financial matters my main challenge when it comes to hifi is the acoustics of the basement room to which I have been banished with all of my jewelery - I don't believe I will ever get it perfect.

Hi Henrik,

At the risk of enfuriating your wife, may I suggest a 4th system. Since you lement the basement acoustics, might I suggest that you snag a used Emerald Physics CS2.3 or better yet, CS2.7 (Beyma coax drivers) and then buy the Spatial package from Clayton Shaw? This will use computer tech to totally eliminate room issues and tailor the DSD/DRC/EQ to the best possible.

I say used EP system to keep the costs down as Spatial is NOT cheap ($5K for typical package) and you only need the EP speakers, not the Behringer DSP unit. You can then biamp with your favoured Accuphase amps!

Here is an example at Audiogon (though I must say that this auction has a seller with no history):
Emerald Physics CS2.7 | Full range | Fulshear, Texas 77441 | AudiogoN - The High-end Audio Community
 
Yes, Mike, that is the CS3.0 but the 2.3 and 2.7 are even better! Combined with Spatial, up another notch again.
 
Yes, very fair.

However, I was trying to lure Henrik into a bare bones used EP system (for minimal investment) that he could put Spatial computing on and be totally golden in ANY room conditions! The CS2.7 is better than the old 2.3 as theBeyma concentric driver trounces the version that is in the old 2.3. I dont know the new drivers so cant comment, except to say that Wally thinks they are Beyma level.
 
Thank you for the suggestions. I am affraid that a fourth system is out of the question, however :-(
 
Then Henrik, all l I have for you then is a suggestion for a DSPeaker Dual Core anti-mode 2.0 to help with room bass node issues.


If you are willing to ditch the Snell, then perhaps the Gradient Hlesink 1.5 with Subs and the DSPeaker?
 
I could consider ditching the Snells, but only for something else with plenty of movie slam, the one point where the Snells definately have the upper hand over my Bösendorfers :-)
 
Hello TruthSpinner i'm from sweden. How does your third system sound?
Because i have been thinking about getting a accuphase e-202 and maybe a pair of snell type D
 
Hello TruthSpinner i'm from sweden. How does your third system sound?
Because i have been thinking about getting a accuphase e-202 and maybe a pair of snell type D

Hi Niklas,

The system sounds very nice indeed. In fact my (renovated) E-202 and Snell type D system seems to be a wonderful combination.

I use them with a Nottingham Analogue Interspace and an Accuphase C-220 RIAA and the result is well balanced and very musical. For movies (and CD) it is fine too, because the Snell D is sensitive and capable of moving quite a bit of air.
 
Hi Niklas,

The system sounds very nice indeed. In fact my (renovated) E-202 and Snell type D system seems to be a wonderful combination.

I use them with a Nottingham Analogue Interspace and an Accuphase C-220 RIAA and the result is well balanced and very musical. For movies (and CD) it is fine too, because the Snell D is sensitive and capable of moving quite a bit of air.

Thanks for the information :) sounds like a good combo then. Would you be interested in uploading a video of the combo on youtube with some classic rock or blues (Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits or maybe hotel california with the eagles). I have only seen 2 videos on youtube with snell speakers but they are with a different model
 
TruthSpinner
Welcome to the forum. I'm excited to have an Accuphase guy hanging around. If you do not have a local Accuphase dealer I would be glad to help you out with any Accuphase questions or future purchases. I am a dealer and have had just about all of their current models in my showroom.
 
Thanks for the information :) sounds like a good combo then. Would you be interested in uploading a video of the combo on youtube with some classic rock or blues (Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits or maybe hotel california with the eagles). I have only seen 2 videos on youtube with snell speakers but they are with a different model

The youtube thing isn't really me, and my listening room is always disorganized. You are going to have to take my word for the quality of the match - it really is very very good.
 
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