Hi all,
Sorry to post then disappear. Lots of good questions.
It’s a bit of a “you don’t know what you don’t know” situation. I am perhaps something of an audiophile oddity…I got into the whole vintage Naim thing through a friend and a local shop, and honestly haven’t had the time to mess around with listening to other things much, and have slowly but surely followed the classic Naim/LP12 upgrade path, which has been a lot of fun. I would probably learn a lot if I did branch out, and it’s helpful to just let that sink in. I will say, hearing others systems etc., including some that should be “better”, I don’t think I’ve had the feeling like I was missing much, in fact typically I come back to mine and just love it.
Strangely, however, I feel like each step of my upgrade path has been a step forward, so I do know what sound improvements are like.
I am focused on the speakers right now because they are actually the longest serving part of my system. I am open to listening to other things, but honestly just don’t know where to start. I’m intrigued by Devore, the various Spendors and their kin, vintage Naim, but I don’t even really know what they would sound like and just want to refine my process before I jump in.
The one alternative speaker I’ve tried, the RX3s, sounded perhaps more “hifi”, but I felt like I was hearing the different parts of the speaker than a unified voice. I actually really disliked them.
So - would love suggestions for small to mid floorstanders, top end budget $5k but less would be good, I think nothing rear ported given the glass wall behind. I listen to a solid jazz/rock/classical mix, almost equally mixed. Lots of fusionish jazz.
Thanks all! I also have a variety of pet systems around the house, office, etc., a travel system, etc. I have a UQ2 that I like very much, though not close to my main system of course.