Raidho

I heard the Monitor at Audio Salon and sound it very rich and powerful, detail, hard to believe that sound came from a pair of monitors. Also John took me to a friend’s house where he was auditioning the 3.1 I think, if I can also recalled pair with VAC gear and Valhalla Cables. The sound was huge, transparent where you could hear the air around the instruments, rich and detail without being analytical, you get the picture. I think the other were these big Avalon Speakers and they were so far behind that I was not surprise to learn that he bought the 4.1.
Angel
 
Mike said:
Kevin - are you becoming the Mike & Joe of Australia? :)
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i can't swim that fast let alone tread water.
iamhifi said:
I heard the Monitor at Audio Salon and sound it very rich and powerful, detail, hard to believe that sound came from a pair of monitors. Also John took me to a friend’s house where he was auditioning the 3.1 I think, if I can also recalled pair with VAC gear and Valhalla Cables. The sound was huge, transparent where you could hear the air around the instruments, rich and detail without being analytical, you get the picture. I think the other were these big Avalon Speakers and they were so far behind that I was not surprise to learn that he bought the 4.1.
Angel
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Wow! He went from auditioning 40k speakers to the next model up worth a paltry 100k more, man I'd love to have that one in my resumé.
 
iamhifi said:
I heard the Monitor at Audio Salon and sound it very rich and powerful, detail, hard to believe that sound came from a pair of monitors. Also John took me to a friend’s house where he was auditioning the 3.1 I think, if I can also recalled pair with VAC gear and Valhalla Cables. The sound was huge, transparent where you could hear the air around the instruments, rich and detail without being analytical, you get the picture. I think the other were these big Avalon Speakers and they were so far behind that I was not surprise to learn that he bought the 4.1.
Angel
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My bad our friend never got the 4.1, he bought the 3.1, but he still thinking about it I hear.
 
Dave (?),

Welcome to the forum. Thank you for joining.

Do you have the Scaena 3.2 on display? I'd like to hear them sometime.

Thanks!

audiodoctor said:
I know the Radiho's and where they are better than the Strads, but to me this is still a lateral move, you gain increased transparency but lose a touch more bass and a more liquid presentation.

both speakers have similar dynamic capabilities and both throw a big sound stage.

I would look to go to another level such as a pair of Scaena 3.2 which are not quite as transparent than the Radiho's but throw a bigger and even more panoramic sound stage with much more visceral bass.
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audiodoctor said:
I know the Radiho's and where they are better than the Strads, but to me this is still a lateral move, you gain increased transparency but lose a touch more bass and a more liquid presentation.

both speakers have similar dynamic capabilities and both throw a big sound stage.

I would look to go to another level such as a pair of Scaena 3.2 which are not quite as transparent than the Radiho's but throw a bigger and even more panoramic sound stage with much more visceral bass.
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Thanks for that, even though I haven't heard the 3.1's I highly doubted that they would be a better thing than the Strads, so I went with these instead.

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Hi Mike, mine are still being built, so at the mo I have a pair of SGR Audio CX3B's on loan for a few months, they are the 3 way active bookshelf speakers that hold their own with many bigger speakers indeed!!
 
bzr said:
Hi Mike, mine are still being built, so at the mo I have a pair of SGR Audio CX3B's on loan for a few months, they are the 3 way active bookshelf speakers that hold their own with many bigger speakers indeed!!
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Right. Did they have a demo pair you could hear? I'm assuming so. How did those sound?
 
Mike said:
Right. Did they have a demo pair you could hear? I'm assuming so. How did those sound?
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Mike, I heard the same amps that will be in my new speakers paired up with the Strads,they were better than the 2301's , but, they also showed up the shortcomings of the Strads so the next logical move was to go active speakers with the same amps made by the same company that makes both
 
Long Island.

It will still be about a month before I see the Dagostino preamp.



audiodoctor said:
Sure Joe,

I would love to have you over do you live in New York City? You have some great gear, I would love to do a shoot out of my Chord electronics vs your Dagostino stuff, the Chord is remarkable. Where did you get the Dac 2X from?

I would love to hear your setup too.
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joeinid said:
Long Island.

It will still be about a month before I see the Dagostino preamp.
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Another month? Really? Sorry to hear that. How long's the wait been thus far?:(

Well, something to look forward to for the summer months!:audiophile:
 
I've lost count, but it has been a long time. I am really starting to get anxious now.



socfan12 said:
Another month? Really? Sorry to hear that. How long's the wait been thus far?:(

Well, something to look forward to for the summer months!:audiophile:
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bzr said:
Andre, not sure what the 28k is reference to as both speakers are rrp in the high 40's
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Hi Kev, spent lots of time in that room in the 4 days i was there and yes the model i liked was the 28k D-1 also available with a different mid for 21k i was told by the rep.
 
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