Here's an update on my quest of upgrading my speakers:
So I want to the Dumoulin store, where one of my friend is working as a salesman.
First of all, we played "Companion" from Patricia Barber on a pair of Paradigm Studio 60 v5 for a couple tracks. The sound was clear, neat, solid. We then decided to see if playing the same speakers on different amps (all in Pure Direct mode) would make any difference. All in all, we tried 4 AVR (
Denon 3310,
Yamaha RX-V1065,
Marantz SR6004 and Marantz SR5004). The result was........ they sounded all the same! I couldn't believe it! It was true!
Speakers made the difference though.
So now that I know that my RX-V1600 can probably do the job, let's look at speakers. After being very pleased with the Studios, my friend switched the setup to
Klipsch WF-35. W O W
After picking up my jaw from the floor with my left hand, I couldn't resist but to play as many records as I could on this kit. We played Stan Getz 1963, Tracy Chapman (Self Titled) in DDD, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynold, Tiësto - In Search of Sunrise 7, Hotel Coste, etc.
To conclude that wonderful experience, I had with me my copy of Max Payne BD (and the killer DTS-HD track that comes with). This is where I saw what these speakers could really do. So crisp, punchy, tight, solid! The dialogue was insanly clear! Like I never heard before on any other HT. WOW!
I spent from 5:00pm to 9:00pm in the HT showroom and, honestly, I think I could have slept on the floor just to keep listening at them.
I think I am truly in love
I'm putting an ad for my Athena/Energy 7.0 system right away!