Gosh what agreement, and I shall add to it. The SB3 is fine to drive a £2k system.
I would get the SB3, plus an amp and speakers that use up only 75% of your budget. Live with it for a month, and tweak (PSU, DAC, better cables etc) only if you actually really want much better sounds. Get into speaker placement, contact cleaning and such like before spending huge sums on equipment. If you find it's good enough, have a splurge on Amazon. A slightly more radical bit of advice is to get stuff from ebay. A modern Chinese 40W valve amp plus a pair of Quad ESLs would be utterly nutty, but threaten the high end, which a pair of Wharfedales will never do. And if you don't like them, you can sell them at little or no loss. This advice only applies if you truly want to join us audio nutters though :) Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30074 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
